colloquial

Etymology
1751, from earlier term, from , from + , +.

Adjective

 * 1)  Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.

Usage notes
It is a common misconception that colloquial somehow denotes "local" or a word being "regional". This is not the case; the word root for colloquial is related to, not. A more appropriate word for describing "local" or "regional" language is vernacular.

Note that while and  refer to formal conversation, colloquial refers instead specifically to informal conversation (casual tone). This does not always mean as opposed to, but it always means informal as opposed to formal.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَامِّيّ,  دَارِج
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: размо́ўны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: col·loquial
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dagligsprogs-
 * Dutch:, spreektalig, , in de volksmond
 * Estonian:, argikeelne
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სალაპარაკო, სალაპარაკო ენა,, სასაუბრო ენა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, , καθομιλούμενος
 * Ancient Greek: λεκτικός
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Interlingua: colloquial
 * Japanese: 口語体, 話し言葉の,
 * Korean: 구어(口語)-의, 구어체(口語體)-의
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: разговорен
 * Norwegian: hverdagslig
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: hovorový
 * Slovene: pogovorni
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:, ซึ่งปาก
 * Ukrainian: розмо́вний, просторі́чний
 * Vietnamese: ,

Noun

 * 1) A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism