Meanings
adjectivesemicolloquial (not comparable)
- not comparableSomewhat or partially colloquial.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- 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
- Englishsemicolloquial
From semi- + colloquial.
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semicolloquial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semicolloquial
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“semicolloquial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semicolloquial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semicolloquial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semicolloquial.
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