Meanings
nouncollocutor (plural collocutors)
plural collocutors
- Any of the people engaged in a conversation.
Synonyms: conversational partner, interlocutor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the people engaged in a conversation.
Also see
Origin
- Ecclesiastical Latincollocūtor
- Ecclesiastical Latincollocūtor
- Englishcollocutor
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin collocūtor. First attested in 1620.
More words from Ecclesiastical Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian събесе́дник
- събесе́дник (săbesédnik)any of the people engaged in a conversation
Latin collocūtor
- collocūtorany of the people engaged in a conversation
Romanian conlocutor
- conlocutorany of the people engaged in a conversation
Spanish colocutor
- colocutorany of the people engaged in a conversation
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APA
collocutor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collocutor
MLA
“collocutor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collocutor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collocutor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collocutor.
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