0 (of language) informal, used in spoken language -- uformell
a colloquial expression et uformelt uttrykk
1 of or used in everyday informal, especially spoken, language -- dagligdags, hverdags-, talemåls-
a colloquial expression.
We can also talk of both formal and informal usage on the one side and colloquial language and slang on the other.
Perhaps appropriate for a prose work, yet in fact their translation is at times highly colloquial and generally quite readable.
She was instructed to read the sentences in a normal, colloquial way.
A second potential problem is to do with colloquial versus literary speech.
On pretest, colloquial and standard letter names were rarely reported, both in the intervention and in the comparison groups.
This variety alternates with colloquial varieties, which are most notably used for everyday conversation.
On posttest, however, in the intervention group, colloquial names were practically wiped out, though the decrease was insignificant, whereas standard names significantly and substantially increased.
He accepted the colloquial use of the word emotion.
