Meanings
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noun
An academic meeting or seminar where scholars discuss a topic, often with a guest speaker.
She presented her research at the department's weekly colloquium.
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2
noun
A talk given to such an academic gathering.
His colloquium on climate models drew a large audience.
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Etymology
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 colloquium English colloquium From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium.