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COLLOQUIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does colloquial mean?
• COLLOQUIAL (adjective)
The adjective COLLOQUIAL has 1 sense:
1. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Familiarity information: COLLOQUIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Synonyms:
colloquial; conversational
Context example:
the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English
Similar:
informal (used of spoken and written language)
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