colloque

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verb

To hold colloquy; to converse.

OriginLatin colloquī →
UncommonFirst used 1850Scrabble 19
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Meanings

colloque1

verbcolloque (third-person singular simple present colloques, present participle colloquing, simple past and past participle colloqued)

present singular third person colloques · participle present colloquing · participle past colloqued · past colloqued

  1. intransitiveTo hold colloquy; to converse.First known use 1850

colloque2

nouncolloque (plural colloques)

plural colloques

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of colloquy .First known use c. 1650 – a. 1900

Origin

colloque · verb

  1. Latincolloquī
  2. Englishcolloque

Apparently from Latin colloquī.

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colloque · noun

  1. Latincolloquium
  2. Frenchcolloque
  3. Englishcolloque

From French colloque, from Latin colloquium. Attested once in Middle English (?1482) as colloke (“a place for conversation”).

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APA

colloque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloque

MLA

“colloque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloque. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colloque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloque.

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