colloque

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English

Etymology 1

Apparently from Latin colloquī.[1]

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

colloque (plural colloques)

  1. Obsolete form of colloquy. [3]

References

  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

Etymology

From Latin colloquium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔk/, /ko.lɔk/
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Noun

colloque m (plural colloques)

  1. conference, colloquium
  2. secret or mysterious meeting

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

colloque

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