English Explanatory Dictionary

colloquium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
  2. An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
  3. An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
  4. That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
  5. 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

Pronunciation

/kəˈləʊkwiəm/ kə-lōʹkwē-əm LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colloquium.wav

Word forms

colloquium colloquiums colloquia

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquium English colloquium From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium.

Related words

colloquy

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 座談會 /座谈会 Chinese Mandarin: 討論會 /讨论会 Czech: kolokvium Danish: kollokvium Dutch: colloquium Esperanto: kolokvo French: colloque Georgian: კოლოკვიუმი German: Kolloquium Greek: συνέδριο Hebrew: שיחת בדיקה Hebrew: קולוקוויום Ido: koloquo Indonesian: kolokium Interlingua: colloquio Japanese: コロキウム Korean: 콜로키움 Portuguese: colóquio Russian: колло́квиум Slovene: kolovij Lower Sorbian: kolokwium Swedish: kollokvium Yiddish: קאָלאָקוויום
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