English
Etymology
From colloquial + -ism.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈləʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/
Noun
colloquialism (countable and uncountable, plural colloquialisms)
- A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
- A colloquial manner of speaking.
1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page v:The differences between slang, colloquialism and jargon are not clear-cut.
Translations
colloquial expression
- Arabic: عَامِّيَّة f (ʕāmmiyya), (Western Arabic states) دَارِجَة f (dārija)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 口語 / 口语 (zh) (kǒuyǔ), 俗語 / 俗语 (zh) (súyǔ), 白話 / 白话 (zh) (báihuà)
- Finnish: puhekielen ilmaus, puhekielinen ilmaus
- French: expression familière f
- Georgian: კოლოკვიალიზმი (ḳoloḳvializmi), სასაუბრო სიტყვა (sasaubro siṭq̇va), სასაუბრო გამონათქვამი (sasaubro gamonatkvami), სალაპარაკო გამონათქვამი (salaṗaraḳo gamonatkvami)
- German: Umgangssprachausdruck m
- Greek: κοινολεξία f (koinolexía)
- Japanese: 口語表現 (こうごひょうげん, kōgo hyōgen), 俗語 (ja) (ぞくご, zokugo), 口語 (ja) (こうご, kōgo)
- Korean: 구어(口語) (ko) (gueo), 속어(俗語) (ko) (sogeo)
- Latvian: vienkāršruna f, sarunvalodas izteiciens m, sarunvalodas vārds m
- Maori: kīwaha
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hverdagsuttrykk
- Nynorsk: kvardagsuttrykk
- Polish: kolokwializm (pl) m, potocyzm (pl) m, wyrażenie potoczne n
- Portuguese: coloquialismo (pt) m
- Russian: просторе́чие (ru) n (prostoréčije), разгово́рное выраже́ние n (razgovórnoje vyražénije)
- Spanish: coloquialismo m, vulgarismo (es) m
- Swedish: slang (sv), talspråk (sv)
- Tagalog: pansalitaan
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colloquial style of speaking
See also