colloquialization

noun

The process or result of making colloquial.

OriginEnglish colloquialize ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English colloquies →
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Meanings

nouncolloquialization (countable and uncountable, plural colloquializations)

plural colloquializations · alternative colloquialisation

  1. countableuncountableThe process or result of making colloquial.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
  8. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
  9. Latinloquor
  10. Latincolloquor
  11. Latincolloquium
  12. Middle Englishcolloquies
  13. Englishcolloquy
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishcolloquial
  17. Englishcolloquialize
  18. Englishcolloquialization

From colloquialize + -ation.

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APA

colloquialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialization

MLA

“colloquialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colloquialization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialization.

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