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Colloquial Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Colloquial has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism

Adjective
1

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

"wrote her letters in a colloquial style"

"the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

2

Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

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Origin

The word "colloquial" comes from the Latin colloquium, meaning "conversation." It is formed by combining the prefix con- ("together") with loquor ("to speak").

Rhyming Words
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