col·lo·qui·al
adjective/kəˈləʊkwiəl/
/kəˈləʊkwiəl/
- (of words and language) used in conversation but not in formal speech or writing
synonym informal会话的;口语的 Oxford Collocations DictionaryColloquial is used with these nouns:- expression
- language
- phrase
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin colloquium ‘conversation’ + -al.