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Definition: Colloquialism |
ColloquialismNoun1. A colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "colloquialism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Metaphor | Noun: figure of speech; facon de parler, way of speaking, colloquialism. |
Neologism | Colloquialism, informal speech, informal language. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Colloquialism |
| English words defined with "colloquialism": Conversationism ♦ delf ♦ On to, Over the left shoulder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "colloquialism": barotrauma ♦ Cut in half ♦ Great big ♦ Lot ♦ Nothing like, Number ♦ plattman ♦ Right ♦ short shot. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Colloquialism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Colloquialism" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
colloquialism | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "colloquialism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ligjërim bisedor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | umgangssprachlicher ausdruck. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λαϊκή λέξη ή φράση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 俗語 (colloquial language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぞく" (colloquial language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | raa cadjin (adage, clichщ, common saying, popular saying, tag saying), cadjinys (commonness, generality, normality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olloquialismcay coloquialismo. (various references) expresie uzualã, expresie familiarã. (various references) разговорное слово/выражение, разговорное выражение, коллоквиализм. (various references) kolokvijalizam, govorni izraz. (various references) palabra familiar. (various references) vardagligt uttryck. (various references) konuşma dili sözcüğü (colloquial expression), konuşma dili deyimi (colloquial expression). (various references) розмовний вислів, колоквіалізм. (various references) câu nói thông tục, lối nói thông tục th nh ngữ thông tục. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "colloquialism": colloquialisms. (additional references) | |
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"Colloquialism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: colloguialism, collopuialism, colloqialism, colloquailism, colloqualism, colloquialis, colloquialsim, colloquielism, colloquiialism, colloquilism, colocalise, coloquialism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "colloquialism" (pronounced 'Col*lo"qui*al*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-l-l-l-m-o-o-q-s-u" | |
-2 letters: colloquials. | |
-3 letters: colloquial. | |
-4 letters: colloquia, malicious. | |
-5 letters: localism, quillais, scolioma, silicula. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-l-l-l-m-o-o-q-s-u" | |
+1 letter: colloquialisms. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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