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colloq.

colloq. is the abbreviation of colloquial.

Meaning of colloquial

Adjective

colloquial (comparative more colloquial, superlative most colloquial)

  1. (colloquial, comparative) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
    • You're using too many colloquial words in this cover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities"
  2. (colloquial, comparative) Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.

See all 3 meanings of colloquial

Questions about colloq.

What is colloq. the abbreviation of?
Colloq. is the abbreviation of colloquial.

Words near colloq. in the dictionary

  1. colloppings
  2. collops
  3. Collopy
  4. Collopys
  5. colloq
  6. colloq.
  7. colloqs
  8. colloque
  9. colloqued
  10. colloquent
  11. colloquents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colloq. (page history and authors); colloquial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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