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colloquialism - 3 dictionary results

col⋅lo⋅qui⋅al⋅ism

[kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uhm]
–noun
1. a colloquial expression.
2. colloquial style or usage.

Origin:
1800–10; colloquial + -ism


col⋅lo⋅qui⋅al⋅ist, noun
col·lo·qui·al·ism   (kə-lō'kwē-ə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  
  1. Colloquial style or quality.
  2. A colloquial expression.

Colloquialism

Col*lo"qui*al*ism\, n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
Language Translation for : colloquialism
Spanish: expresión coloquial,
German: umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck,
Japanese: 口語的表現
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