English
Pronunciation
enPR|k�-l�ʹkw�-�m
Noun
colloquium (plural colloquia)
- A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
- An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
- An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
- law That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
Quotations
1876: Stephen Dowell, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England, I. 87.
Translations
academic meeting
Swedish: kollokvium n
References
R:Century 1911
Latin
Noun
la-noun|colloquium|colloquii|colloquiī|n|second
#a conversation
Inflection
la-decl-2nd-N|colloqui
fr:colloquium
ko:colloquium
hr:colloquium
fi:colloquium
vi:colloquium
zh:colloquium
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