colloquy
a conversation or formal discussion
Roots
- com-: with, together, complete, or intensified
- loqu / locut: speak
Other words with the loqu / locut root
- circumlocution: roundabout speech
- colloquial: informal in speech or writing
- eloquence: powerful, fluent expression
- eloquent: fluent and persuasive in speech
- grandiloquent: pompous in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
- loquacious: talkative
A colloquy is speaking together.
The judges held a brief colloquy before announcing the ruling.
The word feels formal because the voices meet in a deliberate exchange.