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Meaning of "colloquies" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COLLOQUIES

ˈkɒləkwɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLOQUIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colloquies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLLOQUIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Colloquies

Colloquies is one of the many works of the "Prince of Christian Humanists", Desiderius Erasmus. Published in 1518, the pages "...held up contemporary religious practices for examination in a more serious but still pervasively ironic tone". Christian Humanists viewed Erasmus as their leader in the early 16th century. Erasmus' works had greater meaning to those learned few who had a larger knowledge of Latin and Greek. Colloquies in Latin means a formal written dialogue, thus in his book Erasmus explores man's reaction to others in conversations. The Colloquies is a collection of dialogues on a wide variety of subjects. They began in the late 1490s as informal Latin exercises for Erasmus' own pupils. In about 1522 he began to perceive the possibilities this form might hold for continuing his campaign for the gradual enlightenment and reform of all Christendom. Between that date and 1533 twelve new editions appeared, each larger and more serious than the last, until eventually some fifty individual colloquies were included ranging over such varied subjects as war, travel, religion, sleep, beggars, funerals, and literature.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLLOQUIES

exequies · obsequies · quiz · soliloquies · squiz · swiz · swizz · whiz · whizz · wiz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLLOQUIES

colloidality · colloidally · collop · colloq. · colloque · colloquia · colloquial · colloquialism · colloquialist · colloquiality · colloquially · colloquialness · colloquise · colloquist · colloquium · colloquize · colloquy · collotype · collotypic · collotypy

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLLOQUIES

accessories · activities · agencies · categories · celebrities · cities · communities · companies · cookies · countries · entries · facilities · families · galleries · hobbies · humanities · industries · ladies · obloquies · somniloquies

Synonyms and antonyms of colloquies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COLLOQUIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «colloquies» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «colloquies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLLOQUIES

Find out the translation of colloquies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of colloquies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «colloquies» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

colloquies
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

coloquios
570 millions of speakers
en

English

colloquies
510 millions of speakers
hi

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colloquies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ندوات
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

коллоквиумы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

colóquios
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

colloquies
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

colloques
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Colloquies
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Kolloquien
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

colloquies
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

colloquies
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Colloquies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

colloquies
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

colloquies
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

संभाषण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

söyleşilerden
70 millions of speakers
it

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colloqui
65 millions of speakers
pl

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colloquies
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

колоквіуми
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

colocvii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

colloquies
15 millions of speakers
af

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colloquies
14 millions of speakers
sv

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colloquies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

colloquies
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLOQUIES»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colloquies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLOQUIES»

Discover the use of colloquies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colloquies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Colloquies
For the edition of March 1522 Erasmus began to add fully developed dialogues, and a book designed to improve boys' use of Latin (and their deportment) soon became a work of literature for adults, although it retained traces of its original ...
Desiderius Erasmus, 1997
2
Colloquies: The African Poet, the African Philosopher, and ...
While often seemingly at odds, they find out that they also have a lot in common. Join them as they look at life from an African perspective and discover what ties all of us together in "Colloquies."
Oluwole Komolafe, 2010
3
Anglo-Saxon Conversations: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata
It is the work of the monk AElfric, the only identifiable graduate of the school of AElfric Grammaticus the homilist. Here they are presented with an English translation, glosses and notes.
Aelfric Bata, Scott Gwara, 1997
4
Colloquies on Society
An imaginative conversation between narrator and ghost about the progress of society.It reveals the conservative minds of people who were anxious for amendment of society. Highly creative and hypnotic!
Robert Southey, 2006
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Colloquies of Erasmus,
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide.
Desiderius Erasmus, 2012
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Classical colloquies. Privy councillors by the sea, not far ...
Classical colloquies. Classical colloquies. Privy councillors by the sea, not far from the Goodwin sands. 1 Classical colloquies Front Cover.
Classical colloquies, 1871
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Short colloquies on the difficulties of infidelity: by a ...
Short colloquies. DIFFICULTIES INFIDELITY. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. ' v C.Wr PREFACE. The sentiments expressed in the following. LONDON : LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, AND ROBERTS, ...
Short colloquies, 1857
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Ghostly Colloquies
GHOSTLY. COLLOQUIES. CADMUS— COLUMBUS. [SCENE-CBYSTAL PALACE.] Cad. Well, brother, here we are again, at the place from which we started ; right under this beautiful dome, and vis-a-vis to your own statue. And now, my dear ...
Frederic Townsend, 1856
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Cabinet colloquies; or, Ministerial manœuvres
Cabinet colloquies. No. I. AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION, &c. The circumstance of a dirty boy having intruded himself into Buckingham Palace, and remaining there for some days without being discovered, excited no small degree of ...
Cabinet colloquies, 1839
10
Pastoral Colloquies on the South Downs Prophecy and Miracles ...
There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
William Selwyn, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLOQUIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colloquies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Social Security: To draw or not to draw? That is the question
I have just turned 66. All my friends, family, colloquies, and people in line at Walmart tell me I should apply for benefits since now I can draw ... «Enter Stage Right, Jun 15»
2
'La divine Thatcher': how novelists responded to Maggie
... this newspaper and earnest colloquies amid the elegant furniture of Lady Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter's house in Campden Hill Square, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
New York Philharmonic Releases Complete Box Set of THE …
... the premiere of William Schuman's Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra. He has since appeared as a Philharmonic soloist often, ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
4
Trombonist Steve Davis Pays Tribute to Early Idol in Celebration in …
... exotic designs -- on which Mahanthappa and O'Farrill dance with their adventurous but never self-indulgent solos and crisp colloquies. «WNPR News, Jun 15»
5
5th Circ. Revives Claim That Atty Didn't Warn Of Deportation
... specifically recognized that defendants in many jurisdictions receive generalized deportation warnings on plea forms or at plea colloquies. «Law360, Jun 15»
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Telephonic troubles
No doubt, the money he made from inter-city colloquies, however brief, far exceeded what he earned from my protracted Bangalore ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
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Opinion analysis: Court resolves twin disputes about timing of suits …
... plight of the contractor in seeking final closure; the argument included several protracted colloquies about the preclusive effect of settlements ... «SCOTUSblog, May 15»
8
Niccol on drones
It's a pity: if Niccol had let things play out through his star and left the quips and colloquies on the cutting room floor, he might have made ... «San Diego Reader, May 15»
9
New York Philharmonic to Release Complete Box Set of THE …
... the premiere of William Schuman's Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra. He has since appeared as a Philharmonic soloist often, ... «Broadway World, May 15»
10
On Q hosts discussion and August Wilson's 'Seven Guitars'
He decided to hold “Lou, Q and You” because he knows local theater doesn't always flourish, and colloquies like this one are essential to the ... «Charlotte Observer, May 15»
REFERENCE
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