Associations to the word «Colloquial»
Noun
- Accent
- Taiwanese
- Expression
- Nickname
- Tense
- Sanskrit
- Syriac
- Welsh
- Beginner
- Gender
- Kannada
- Variant
- Speaker
- Syllable
- Meaning
- Romani
- Latin
- Numeral
- Loose
- Navajo
- Rhineland
- Phoneme
- Verse
- Poetry
- Equivalent
- Storytelling
- Shu
- Persian
- Linguist
- Synonym
- Rhyme
- Name
- Rendering
- Context
- Conversation
- Allusion
- Twain
- Omission
- Malaysian
- Narration
- Marker
- Clause
- Lebanese
- Chinese
- Spelling
- Non
- Clarity
- Designation
- Sentence
- Je
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
COLLOQUIAL, adjective. (linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.
COLLOQUIAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
Dictionary definition
COLLOQUIAL, adjective. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English".
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.