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Colloquial

//kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal. colloquial, comparative

    "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. 2
    Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty. colloquial, comparative
Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism.

Etymology

Etymology 1

1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.

Etymology 2

1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.

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