Other forms: colloquia, colloquiums
A colloquium is an academic meeting for discussing a subject. Hold a colloquium.
It is smaller and more conversational than a conference, which is the point of the name. A colloquium usually has one speaker and a long discussion rather than a programme.
1nouncolloquiumAn academic meeting for discussing a subject.
“The colloquium ran for two days with eleven people in the room.”
colloquium is a meeting.
Latin colloquium means a conversation, from com plus loqui, to speak.
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From Latin colloquium. From Latin colloquium. a doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + ium.
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