colloquial
pronunciation
How to pronounce colloquial in British English:
UK [kəˈləʊkwiəl]
How to pronounce colloquial in American English:
US [kəˈloʊkwiəl]
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- Adjective:
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Word Origin
- colloquial
- colloquial: see ventriloquist
- colloquial (adj.)
- "spoken," 1751, from colloquy "a conversation" + -al (1). Related: Colloquially.
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Example
- 1. The system understands multiple , colloquial forms of a question .
- 2. Notice that final colloquial phrase , " to go . "
- 3. We can teach people which forms of english are acceptable without thinking of the more colloquial phrases and words as errors .
- 4. Another good source is advertisements or menus , which tend to use short , colloquial text .
- 5. By far my favourite is we # 3 , which is the natural , colloquial we used by a group of workers .