Meaning

1 senses
  1. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Avoid colloquial expressions in academic writing.

  2. That sentence is correct, though somewhat colloquial.

    deDieser Satz ist richtig, aber eher umgangssprachlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The colloquial language is the spoken language.

  4. These stories are told in colloquial and everyday language.

    deDie Geschichten werden in alltäglicher Umgangssprache erzählt. — BraveSentry

  5. He is unfamiliar with the colloquial register of the language.

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Forms

plural: colloquials
Singularcolloquial
Pluralcolloquials

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
colloquial — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto