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język potoczny — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • colloquialism noun A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
  • vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.

Senses

język potoczny is used for these senses in English:

  • colloquialism A colloquial manner of speaking.
  • vernacular Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
  • vernacular Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.

colloquialism — full definition

  1. noun A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
  2. noun A colloquial manner of speaking.

vernacular — full definition

  1. noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
  2. adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.

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