Etymology
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colloquial (adj.)

1751, "pertaining to conversation," from colloquy "a conversation" + -al (1). From 1752 as "peculiar or appropriate to the language of common speech or familiar conversation," especially as distinguished from elegant or formal speech. Related: Colloquially.

Entries linking to colloquial

colloquy (n.)

mid-15c., "a discourse," from Latin colloquium "conference, conversation," literally "a speaking together," from assimilated form of com "together" (see com-) + -loquium "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak"). Meaning "conversation" is attested in English from 1580s.

-al (1)
suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, "of, like, related to, pertaining to," Middle English -al, -el, from French or directly from Latin -alis (see -al (2)).
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Definitions of colloquial

colloquial (adj.)
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation;
wrote her letters in a colloquial style
Synonyms: conversational
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near colloquial

collocation

collogue

colloid

colloidal

colloquia

colloquial

colloquialism

colloquialize

colloquium

colloquy

collude

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