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colloquy

  • /ˈkɒ.lə.kwi/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.

noun colloquies

  1. countable, formal, uncountable A conversation or dialogue. And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable A formal conference.
  3. countable, uncountable A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
  4. countable, uncountable A written discourse.
  5. countable, uncountable A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what his or her rights are. At the end of the colloquy, Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.
  6. countable, uncountable A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy The Colloquies are, in essence, a textbook of linguistic exercises to help students to practice and improve their Latin, but Erasmus also recognized his book’s potential for inspiring Europe with his humanist ideals.

Opposite: soliloquy

verb colloquies · colloquying · colloquied

  1. intransitive, rare To converse.

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Opposite: soliloquy

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noun conversation, dialogue

Españolcoloquio, conversación
한국어담화 damhwa
日本語対談 taidan
中文国际讨论会 guojitaolunhui
Portuguêscolóquio, conversa
Françaiscolloque, conversation
DeutschGespräch, Kolloquium, Konversation
Italianocolloquio, conversazione
Românăcolocviu
Русскийсобесе́дование sobesédovanije, разгово́р razgovór
Tiếng Việthội đàm

noun formal conference

Españolcoloquio
Portuguêscolóquio
Русскийконфере́нция konferéncija

noun Christianity: church court held by certain Reformed denominations

DeutschReligionsgespräch

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@misc{colloquy_2026,
  title = {colloquy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colloquy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}