collogue

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəˈloʊɡ/ UK /kəˈləʊɡ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to confer secretly or conspire; to talk confidentially

They would collogue in corners about ousting the chairman.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to confer secretly or... confer conspire scheme plot connive

Word family

Related forms colloquy colloquial colloquium

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of obsolete colleague ('to conspire') influenced by Latin colloqui ('to converse'), from com- ('together') + loqui ('to speak'). The form may also reflect French colloguer.

colloqui Latin loqui Latin

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# collogue

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈloʊɡ/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈləʊɡ/

## Meanings
1. to confer secretly or conspire; to talk confidentially

## Examples
- They would collogue in corners about ousting the chairman.

## Synonyms
- confer
- conspire
- scheme
- plot
- connive

## Related Forms
- colloquy
- colloquial
- colloquium

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: colloqui
- Root: loqui

## Etymology
Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of obsolete colleague ('to conspire') influenced by Latin colloqui ('to converse'), from com- ('together') + loqui ('to speak'). The form may also reflect French colloguer.

## AI Etymology
Collogue is traced as follows: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of obsolete colleague ('to conspire') influenced by Latin colloqui ('to converse'), from com- ('together') + loqui ('to speak'). The form may also reflect French colloguer. The historical trail runs through colloqui in Latin and loqui in Latin. Morphologically, collogue is transparent: origin uncertain. Used as a verb, collogue now means "confer secretly or conspire; to talk confidentially", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as colloquy, colloquial, and colloquium. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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