colloquium

English

Etymology

Latin colloquium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈləʊkwiːəm/, enPR: kə-lōʹkwē-əm

Noun

colloquium (plural colloquiums or colloquia)

1. A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
2. An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
3. An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
4. (law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.

Usage notes

Note that while colloquial refers specifically to informal conversation, colloquy and colloquium refer instead to formal conversation.

Quotations

• 1876: Stephen Dowell, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England, I. 87.

  Writs were issued to London and the other towns principally concerned, directing the mayor and sheriffs to send to a colloquium at York two or three citizens with full power to treat on behalf of the community of the town.

Translations

academic meeting

• Esperanto: kolokvo (eo)
• French: colloque (fr) m

• Portuguese: colóquio (pt) m
• Swedish: kollokvium (sv) n

References

• colloquium in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Alternative forms

• conloquium

Noun

colloquium (genitive colloquiī); n, second declension

1. conversation
2. discussion
3. interview
4. conference
5. parley

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	colloquium	colloquia
genitive	colloquiī	colloquiōrum
dative	colloquiō	colloquiīs
accusative	colloquium	colloquia
ablative	colloquiō	colloquiīs
vocative	colloquium	colloquia

Descendants

• French: colloque
• Russian: колло́квиум (kollókvium)
• Spanish: coloquio