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Synonyms for colloquialism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm



Définition of colloquialism

Origin :
  • 1810, "a colloquial word or phrase," from colloquial + -ism.
  • noun idiom
Example sentences :
  • Professor Mathews seems to have a special dislike for this colloquialism.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • There, Mr. Editor, you have a pleasing comminglement of romance and colloquialism.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • Also, red-coats of old; whence lobster-box, a colloquialism for barracks.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Also a colloquialism for marque, as a letter of mart or marque.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • "Not worth a stiver" is a colloquialism to express a person's poverty.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Thus far, however, the term has been merely a colloquialism, found only in the newspapers.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam » by Albert Mathews
  • Rosalie, in a colloquialism of to-day not then coined, "had no use for them."
  • Extract from : « This Freedom » by A. S. M. Hutchinson
  • It's a colloquialism, comes from baseball, that's a sport we play.
  • Extract from : « You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did » by David E. Fisher
  • It has passed out of the stage of mere slang to become a "colloquialism."
  • Extract from : « Stories That Words Tell Us » by Elizabeth O'Neill
  • No cockneyism or colloquialism mars the sweetness of her speech.
  • Extract from : « Reviews » by Oscar Wilde

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