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- [kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uh m]
- /kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm/
- /kəˈləʊ.kwi.əl.ɪ.zəm/
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- [kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uh m]
- /kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm/
Definitions of colloquialism word
- countable noun colloquialism A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase. 3
- noun colloquialism a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations 3
- noun colloquialism the use of colloquial words and phrases 3
- noun colloquialism colloquial quality, style, or usage 3
- noun colloquialism a colloquial word or expression 3
- noun colloquialism a localism, or regionalism 3
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Origin of colloquialism
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; colloquial + -ism
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Parts of speech for Colloquialism
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
colloquialism popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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colloquialism usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for colloquialism
noun colloquialism
- informality — the state of being informal; absence of formality.
- idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- vulgarism — vulgar behavior or character; vulgarity.
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