different between colloquy vs locution

English

Etymology

From Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: k?l'?-kw?, IPA^(key): /?k?.l?.kwi/

Noun

colloquy (countable and uncountable, plural colloquies)

1. A conversation or dialogue. [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete) A formal conference. [16th-17th c.]
3. (Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations. [from 17th c.]
4. A written discourse. [from 18th c.]
5. (law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.

Antonyms

• (a conversation of multiple people): soliloquy

Hypernyms

• conversation, conference, discourse, discussion

Coordinate terms

• dialog, dialogue

Derived terms

• colloquial
• colloquist

Related terms

Translations

See also

• colloquium

Verb

colloquy (third-person singular simple present colloquys, present participle colloquying, simple past and past participle colloquied)

1. (intransitive, rare) To converse.

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), fromloquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo???kju.?n?/

Noun

locution (plural locutions)

1. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.

   The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
2. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)

     So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

3. (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

Derived terms

• circumlocution
• locutionary
• locutive
• elocution

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquium
• colloquy
• eloquent
• grandiloquent
• illocution
• interlocutor
• interlocution
• loquacious
• perlocution
• soliloquy

Translations

References

• locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• locution in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• locution at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.ky.sj??/

Noun

locution f (plural locutions)

1. phrase, locution

Derived terms

Further reading

• “locution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).