colloquial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Used in ordinary, informal conversation rather than formal speech or writing.

   "Gonna" is a colloquial way of saying "going to."

2. 2
   noun

   An informal word or expression used in everyday speech.

   The dictionary marks some entries as colloquials.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colloquial 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together…

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