These stories are told in colloquial and everyday language.
Source: tatoeba (55043)
Colloquial
//kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl//
Synonyms for "colloquial" (84 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λεκτικός adj (of oral communication language)
Arabic
2 entries- دَارِج adj (of oral communication language)
- عَامِّيّ adj (of oral communication language)
Armenian
1 entries- խոսակցական adj (of oral communication language)
Belarusian
1 entries- размо́ўны adj (of oral communication language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- разгово́рен adj (of oral communication language)
Catalan
1 entries- col·loquial adj (of oral communication language)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 口語 /口语 adj (of oral communication language)
Czech
1 entries- hovorový adj (of oral communication language)
Danish
1 entries- dagligsprogs adj (of oral communication language)
Dutch
4 entries- gemeenzaam adj (of oral communication language)
- in de volksmond adj (of oral communication language)
- informeel adj (of oral communication language)
- spreektalig adj (of oral communication language)
Esperanto
1 entries- vulgara adj (of oral communication language)
Estonian
2 entries- argikeelne adj (of oral communication language)
- kõnekeelne adj (of oral communication language)
Finnish
1 entries- puhekielinen adj (of oral communication language)
French
2 entries- familier adj (of oral communication language)
- parlé adj (of oral communication language)
Galician
1 entries- coloquial adj (of oral communication language)
Georgian
4 entries- სალაპარაკო adj (of oral communication language)
- სალაპარაკო ენა adj (of oral communication language)
- სასაუბრო adj (of oral communication language)
- სასაუბრო ენა adj (of oral communication language)
German
2 entries- Umgangs adj (of oral communication language)
- umgangssprachlich adj (of oral communication language)
Greek
3 entries- δημώδης adj (of oral communication language)
- καθομιλούμενος adj (of oral communication language)
- κοινολεκτικός adj (of oral communication language)
Hungarian
4 entries- fesztelen adj (of oral communication language)
- hétköznapi adj (of oral communication language)
- kötetlen adj (of oral communication language)
- köznyelvi adj (of oral communication language)
Interlingua
1 entries- colloquial adj (of oral communication language)
Irish
1 entries- comhráiteach adj (of oral communication language)
Italian
2 entries- colloquiale adj (of oral communication language)
- familiare adj (of oral communication language)
Japanese
3 entries- 口語の adj (of oral communication language)
- 口語体 adj (of oral communication language)
- 話し言葉の adj (of oral communication language)
Korean
2 entries- 구어(口語)의 adj (of oral communication language)
- 구어체(口語體)의 adj (of oral communication language)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- ëmgangssproochlech adj (of oral communication language)
Macedonian
1 entries- разговорен adj (of oral communication language)
Norwegian
1 entries- hverdagslig adj (of oral communication language)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- бешедни adj (of oral communication language)
Persian
1 entries- عامیانه adj (of oral communication language)
Polish
4 entries- kolokwialny adj (of oral communication language)
- obiegowy adj (of oral communication language)
- potoczny adj (of oral communication language)
- swobodny adj (of oral communication language)
Portuguese
1 entries- coloquial adj (of oral communication language)
Romanian
2 entries- colocvial adj (of oral communication language)
- familiar adj (of oral communication language)
Russian
3 entries- нелитерату́рный adj (of oral communication language)
- неформа́льный adj (of oral communication language)
- разгово́рный adj (of oral communication language)
Slovak
1 entries- hovorový adj (of oral communication language)
Slovene
1 entries- pogovorni adj (of oral communication language)
Spanish
2 entries- coloquial adj (of oral communication language)
- familiar adj (of oral communication language)
Swedish
1 entries- vardaglig adj (of oral communication language)
Tagalog
1 entries- kolokyal adj (of oral communication language)
Thai
2 entries- ซึ่งปาก adj (of oral communication language)
- ภาษาปาก adj (of oral communication language)
Ukrainian
2 entries- просторі́чний adj (of oral communication language)
- розмо́вний adj (of oral communication language)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bình dân adj (of oral communication language)
- thông tục adj (of oral communication language)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I expect you can tell from the quoted text, but this is a book written in a colloquial style.
Source: tatoeba (240562)
Colloquial speech is used in everyday conversation.
Source: tatoeba (240563)
Shugo is a colloquial way of referring to someone who can drink large quantities of alcohol and additionally not feel the effects of intoxication.
Source: tatoeba (534681)
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