Before embarking on her trip, Kaefer expected to find a pan-Antarctic vocabulary, but quickly discovered there were distinct colloquialisms within each station.
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Colloquialism
//kəˈloʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm//
Synonyms for "colloquialism" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
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5 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- دَارِجَة noun (colloquial expression)
- عَامِّيَّة noun (colloquial expression)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разговорен език noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- разговорен израз noun (colloquial expression)
- разговорна реч noun (colloquial style of speaking)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 俗語 /俗语 noun (colloquial expression)
- 口語 /口语 noun (colloquial expression)
- 白話 /白话 noun (colloquial expression)
Finnish
2 entries- puhekielen ilmaus noun (colloquial expression)
- puhekielinen ilmaus noun (colloquial expression)
French
1 entries- expression familière noun (colloquial expression)
Georgian
4 entries- კოლოკვიალიზმი noun (colloquial expression)
- სალაპარაკო გამონათქვამი noun (colloquial expression)
- სასაუბრო გამონათქვამი noun (colloquial expression)
- სასაუბრო სიტყვა noun (colloquial expression)
German
4 entries- Alltagssprache noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- Gemeinsprache noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- Umgangssprachausdruck noun (colloquial expression)
- Umgangssprache noun (colloquial style of speaking)
Greek
1 entries- κοινολεξία noun (colloquial expression)
Japanese
3 entries- 俗語 noun (colloquial expression)
- 口語 noun (colloquial expression)
- 口語表現 noun (colloquial expression)
Korean
2 entries- 구어 noun (colloquial expression)
- 속어 noun (colloquial expression)
Latvian
3 entries- sarunvalodas izteiciens noun (colloquial expression)
- sarunvalodas vārds noun (colloquial expression)
- vienkāršruna noun (colloquial expression)
Māori
1 entries- kīwaha noun (colloquial expression)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hverdagsuttrykk noun (colloquial expression)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvardagsuttrykk noun (colloquial expression)
Polish
4 entries- język obiegowy noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- język pospolity noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- język potoczny noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- język powszechny noun (colloquial style of speaking)
Portuguese
1 entries- coloquialismo noun (colloquial expression)
Russian
2 entries- просторе́чие noun (colloquial expression)
- разгово́рное выраже́ние noun (colloquial expression)
Spanish
2 entries- coloquialismo noun (colloquial expression)
- vulgarismo noun (colloquial expression)
Swedish
2 entries- slang noun (colloquial expression)
- talspråk noun (colloquial expression)
Tagalog
2 entries- kolokyal noun (colloquial style of speaking)
- pansalitaan noun (colloquial expression)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The differences between slang, colloquialism and jargon are not clear-cut.
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