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colloquial
[kuh-loh-kwee-uhl]
adjective
characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
Antonyms:involving or using conversation.
colloquial
/ °ìəˈ±ôəʊ°ì·Éɪə±ô /
adjective
of or relating to conversation
denoting or characterized by informal or conversational idiom or vocabulary Compare informal
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- colloquially adverb
- colloquialness noun
- colloquiality noun
- quasi-colloquial adjective
- quasi-colloquially adverb
- semicolloquial adjective
- semicolloquially adverb
- uncolloquial adjective
- uncolloquially adverb
- ³¦´Ç±ôˈ±ô´Ç±ç³Ü¾±²¹±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³¦´Ç±ôˈ±ô´Ç±ç³Ü¾±²¹±ô±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of colloquial1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Alamak, a colloquial exclamation used to convey surprise or outrage in Singapore and Malaysia, also made the list.
“The critiques have really focused on her leadership and not the City Council and not the supes,†Hancock said, using a colloquial term for the county Board of Supervisors.
For some, that starts with addressing the colloquial term for background actors — “extras†— which some bristle at.
She left with a defibrillator and a diagnosis of broken heart syndrome, a colloquial term for rapid weakening of the heart muscle.
For a study of life above the rim, its tone is down-to-earth and also briskly colloquial and infused with infectious passion for the sport.
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