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colloque

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English

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Etymology 1

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Apparently from Latin colloquī.[1]

Verb

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colloque (third-person singular simple present colloques, present participle colloquing, simple past and past participle colloqued)

  1. (intransitive) To hold colloquy; to converse. [from 1850][1]

Etymology 2

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From French colloque, from Latin colloquium. Attested once in Middle English (?1482) as colloke (a place for conversation).[2][3]

Noun

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colloque (plural colloques)

  1. Obsolete form of colloquy. [c. 1650 – a. 1900][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 colloque, v.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ collō̆ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  3. 3.0 3.1 colloque, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

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Etymology

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From Latin colloquium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔk/, /ko.lɔk/
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Noun

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colloque m (plural colloques)

  1. conference, colloquium
  2. secret or mysterious meeting

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Verb

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colloque

  1. inflection of collocar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative