interlocution

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noun

Discussion or conversation.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nouninterlocution (countable and uncountable, plural interlocutions)

plural interlocutions

  1. countableuncountableDiscussion or conversation.

    [T]wo actors were introduced to sustain fictitious characters and carry on a dialogue in such manner that the songs of the chorus and the interlocution of the actors formed a continuous piece.

    1905, George Grote, “Solon's Early Greek Legislation”, in Rossiter Johnson, editor, The Great Events by Famous Historians, volume 1, published 2008, →ISBN, page 304
    1 more example

    Contrary to Storra's hope, however, the conversation between Flinx and his new visitor was going very well indeed. ¶Experienced in the ways of political intrigue, if not interspecies interlocution, Treappyn had settled himself into a comfortable squat.

    2006, Alan Dean Foster, Running from the Deity, →ISBN, page 131
  2. countableuncountableAn intermediate decree before final decision.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishlocution
  8. Englishinterlocution

From inter- + locution.

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Translations

Bulgarian диалог, беседване
  • диалог (dialog)discussion or conversation
  • беседване (besedvane)discussion or conversation
French interlocution
  • interlocutiondiscussion or conversation
Polish interlokucja
  • interlokucjadiscussion or conversation
Spanish interlocución
  • interlocucióndiscussion or conversation
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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