colloquialism

English

Etymology

From colloquial +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈləʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

colloquialism (countable and uncountable, plural colloquialisms)

1. A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
2. Colloquial style 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.

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquy

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

colloquial style of speaking

• German: Gemeinsprache (de) f, Umgangssprache (de) f, Alltagssprache (de) f, volkstümlicher Sprachgebrauch m
• Polish: język potoczny m, mowa potoczna f, język obiegowy m, język pospolity m, język swobodny m, język powszechny m
• Tagalog: kolokyal

See also

• argot
• cant
• jargon
• slang
• vernacular