sermo

Meaning

1. (declension-3) a conversation, discussion
2. (declension-3) a rumor, diction, speech, talk, discourse
3. (declension-3) a language, manner of speaking
4. (declension-3) a sermon

Concepts

talk

🗣️

discussion

conversation

speech

common talk

tongue

👅

language

rumor

chat

convo

colloquy

conversations

conversions

discourse

interview

mythos

Synonyms

lingua

👅

oratio

colloquium

conversatio

locutio

Translations

langue

👅

conversation

Unterhaltung

conversación

Sprache

conversa

langage

discusión

Gespräch

Diskussion

conversazione

idioma

discours

كلام

idiome

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɛr.moː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sermō (with stem sermōn- for *sermin-, from the nominative case), from Proto-Indo-European *sérmn̥ and/or Proto-Indo-European *sérmō, from *ser- (“to bind”) + *-mō. Related to serō (“to join”).