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col·lo·qui·al·ism

(kə-lō′kwē-ə-lĭz′əm)
n.
1. Colloquial style or quality.
2. A colloquial expression.
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colloquialism

(kəˈləʊkwɪəˌlɪzəm)
n
1. (Linguistics) a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations
2. (Linguistics) the use of colloquial words and phrases
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col•lo•qui•al•ism

(kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm)

n.
1. a colloquial expression.
2. colloquial style or usage.
[1800–10]
col•lo′qui•al•ist, n.
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colloquialism

a word, phrase, or expression characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing, as “She’s out” for “She is not at home.” — colloquial, adj.
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Noun 1. colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
firewall - (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust; "he moved the throttle to the firewall"
fix - something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
heavy lifting - difficult work; "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting"
biz, game - your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"
no-brainer - anything that requires little thought
crapshoot - a risky and uncertain venture; "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot"
snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss
wash - any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro"
fun - violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"
hell, sin - violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
dickeybird, dickey-bird, dickybird, dicky-bird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
bunny rabbit, bunny - (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
bib-and-tucker - an attractive outfit; "she wore her best bib-and-tucker"
delf - an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
funny wagon - an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital
boom box, ghetto blaster - a portable stereo
stinker, lemon - an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
long johns - warm underwear with long legs
main drag - the main street of a town or city
put-put - a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)
rathole - a small dirty uncomfortable room
rattrap - filthy run-down dilapidated housing
redbrick university - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University
Ritz - an ostentatiously elegant hotel
security blanket - anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety
shooting gallery - a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin
Sunday best, Sunday clothes - the best attire you have which is worn to church on Sunday
war paint - full ceremonial regalia
smoke - something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors"
setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"
guts, moxie, backbone, grit, gumption, sand - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
way - the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
number - a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
enormity - vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"
drag - something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
hot stuff, voluptuousness - the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting); "he thought she was really hot stuff"
eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sight
peeper - an informal term referring to the eye
proboscis - the human nose (especially when it is large)
physiognomy, visage, smiler, kisser, phiz, countenance, mug - the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
can of worms - a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity
hang-up - an emotional preoccupation
think - an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"
crosshairs - a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"
turn-on - something causing excitement or stimulating interest
negative stimulation, turnoff - something causing antagonism or loss of interest
plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"
pertainym - meaning relating to or pertaining to
teaser - an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
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Translations
كَلِمَةٌ عامِّيَّه أو تَعْبيرٌ عامِّي
hovorový výraz
dagligdags ordhverdagsudtrykkollokvialisme
kötetlen nyelvi kifejezés
talmál
hovorový výraz
konuşma dilinde kullanılan sözcük/deyim

colloquialism

[kəˈləʊkwɪəlɪzəm] N (= word) → palabra f familiar ; (= expression) → expresión f familiar ; (= style) → estilo m familiar
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colloquialism

[kəˈləʊkwiəlɪzəm] n
(= word) → mot m familier (= phrase) → expression f familière
(= colloquial language) → langue f familière
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colloquialism

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colloquialism

[kəˈləʊkwɪəlɪz/əm] n → colloquialismo
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colloquial

(kəˈləukwiəl) adjective
of or used in everyday informal, especially spoken, language. a colloquial expression. alledaags عامّي، دارِج разговорен coloquial hovorový umgangssprachlich dagligdags; daglidags-; hverdags-; talesprogs-; kollokvial καθημερινός, της καθομιλουμένης coloquial kõnekeelne محاوره ای؛ غیر رسمی puhekielinen familier דִיבּוִּרי प्रचलित svojstven razgovornom jeziku, kolokvijalan kötetlen társalgási nyelvi bahasa percakapan, bahasa sehari-hari talmáls- colloquiale 口語の 구어의 šnekamosios kalbos sarunu- (par valodu, vārdu, izteicienu) percakapan gemeenzaam dagligdags, hverdags-, talemåls- potoczny په عا ميانه ژبه خبظى، عادى او غير رسمى خبرى coloquial colocvial, familiar разговорный hovorový pogovoren kolokvijalni talspråklig, talspråks-, vardaglig ไม่เป็นทางการ konuşma diline ait 口語的,通俗語的 розмовний, нелітературний روز مرہ بول چال کا، عامیانہ thông tục 口语的
colˈloquially adverb
omgangstaal بِصورَةٍ عامِّيَّه أو دارِجَه разговорно coloquialmente hovorově umgangssprachlich i daglig tale; i hverdagssproget; kollokvialt κοινά, στην καθομιλουμένη coloquialmente kõnekeelselt بطور عامیانه puhekielisesti familièrement בִּשפַת הַדִבּוּר बोलचाल की भाषा की तरह kolokvijalan köznyelven secara tak resmi í talmáli in modo colloquiale 口語で 구어로 paprastai sakant sarunvalodā dengan percakapan gemeenzaam i dagligtalen potocznie د عامیانه توګه coloquialmente (în mod) familiar разговорно hovorovo pogovorno kolokvijalno vardagligt, i dagligt tal อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ konuşma dilinde 口語地 нелітературно روزمرہ کی بول چال کے طریقے سے một cáh thông tục 口语地
colˈloquialism noun
an expression used in colloquial language. spreektaaluitdrukking كَلِمَةٌ عامِّيَّه أو تَعْبيرٌ عامِّي разговорен израз coloquialismo hovorový výraz umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck hverdagsudtryk; dagligdags ord; kollokvialisme έκφραση της καθομιλουμένης expresión coloquial kõnekeelne väljend کاربرد عامیانه puhekielinen ilmaisu expression familière בִּיטוּי דִבּוּרִי बोलचाल की शैली या ढंग riječ iz razgovornog jezika kötetlen nyelvi kifejezés ucapan sehari-hari talmál espressione colloquiale 口語的表現 구어적 표현, 구어체 šnekamosios kalbos žodis/posakis sarunvalodas vārds, izteiciens ucapan sehari-hari alledaagse uitdrukking hverdagsuttrykk, talemålsuttrykk wyrażenie potoczne کاربرد coloquialismo expresie colocvială разговорное выражение hovorový výraz pogovorna oblika kolokvijalizam talspråksuttryck คําหรือวลีที่ใช้ในการพูดที่ไม่เป็นทางการ konuşma dilinde kullanılan sözcük/deyim 口語說法 розмовний вислів, розмовний стиль روزمرہ کا استعمال từ hoặc cụm từ thông tục 口语说法
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