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colloquialese

colloquialese noun: characteristically colloquial or informal language; plain speech.

Noun

colloquialese (uncountable)

  1. Characteristically colloquial or informal language; plain speech
    Synonyms:
    common parlance

Synonyms of colloquialese

  • common parlance

Origin of colloquialese

From colloquial + -ese.

Questions about colloquialese

What does colloquialese mean?
Colloquialese means characteristically colloquial or informal language; plain speech.
What part of speech is colloquialese?
Colloquialese is a noun.

Words near colloquialese in the dictionary

  1. colloquent
  2. colloquents
  3. colloques
  4. colloquia
  5. colloquial
  6. colloquialese
  7. colloquialisation
  8. colloquialisations
  9. colloquialise
  10. colloquialised
  11. colloquialises

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