noun
Meaning 1
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
colloquium
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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kə-lōʹkwē-əm
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noun
Meaning 2
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
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noun
Meaning 3
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
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noun
Meaning 4
That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 5
A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: classical-studies, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
an address to an academic meeting or seminar
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Broader terms: address, speech
noun
Meaning 7
an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conference
Narrower terms: research colloquium
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkw- Proto-Indo-European *tlokwetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokwōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquium English colloquium From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 座談會 /座谈会 (zuòtánhuì) — academic meeting
- Chinese Mandarin: 討論會 /讨论会 (tǎolùnhuì) — academic meeting
- Czech: kolokvium — academic meeting
- Danish: kollokvium — academic meeting
- Dutch: colloquium — academic meeting
- Esperanto: kolokvo — academic meeting
- French: colloque — academic meeting
- Georgian: კოლოკვიუმი (ḳoloḳviumi) — academic meeting
- German: Kolloquium — academic meeting
- Greek: συνέδριο (synédrio) — academic meeting
- Hebrew: שיחת בדיקה (sikhát bdiká) — academic meeting
- Hebrew: קולוקוויום (kolókvium) — academic meeting
- Ido: koloquo — academic meeting
- Indonesian: kolokium — academic meeting
- Interlingua: colloquio — academic meeting
- Japanese: コロキウム (korokiumu) — academic meeting
- Korean: 콜로키움 (kollokium) — academic meeting
- Portuguese: colóquio — academic meeting
- Russian: колло́квиум (kollókvium) — academic meeting
- Slovak: kolokvium — academic meeting
- Slovene: kolovij — academic meeting
- Lower Sorbian: kolokwium — academic meeting
- Swedish: kollokvium — academic meeting
- Yiddish: קאָלאָקוויום (kolokvyum) — academic meeting