Meanings
verbcolloquialize (third-person singular simple present colloquializes, present participle colloquializing, simple past and past participle colloquialized)
present singular third person colloquializes · participle present colloquializing · participle past colloquialized · past colloquialized · alternative colloquialise
- transitiveTo render colloquial.
Some felt that a colloquialized style should be expressed in romanization.
1965, John Whitney Hall, Richard King Beardsley, Twelve doors to Japan
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
- Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
- Latinloquor
- Latincolloquor
- Latincolloquium
- Middle Englishcolloquies
- Englishcolloquy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcolloquial
- Englishcolloquialize
From colloquial + -ize.
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APA
colloquialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialize
MLA
“colloquialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colloquialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colloquialize.
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