"parlour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɑːlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑɹlɚ/ [General-American], /ˈpaːlɔː/ [Nigeria] Audio: En-us-parlour.ogg [US] Forms: parlours [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} parlour (plural parlours)
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor. Categories (topical): Rooms

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /parˈluːr/, /ˈparlur/ Forms: parlours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from Old French parler (“to speak”); equivalent to parlen + -our. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|fro|parleor|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French parleor, {{bor+|enm|fro|parleor}} Borrowed from Old French parleor, {{m|fro|parloir}} parloir, {{m|fro|parleoir}} parleoir, {{der|enm|fro|parler|t=to speak}} Old French parler (“to speak”), {{af|enm|parlen|-our}} parlen + -our Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} parlour, {{enm-noun}} parlour (plural parlours)
  1. A room for private use, usually to the side of a building's main room.
    Sense id: en-parlour-enm-noun-Af0CocUl
  2. A room or opening for monastics to communicate with laypeople. Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-parlour-enm-noun-3Y3NCZIB Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100 0
  3. (rare) A room for discussion; a meeting room. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Rooms, Talking
    Sense id: en-parlour-enm-noun-6RpknUYQ Disambiguation of Rooms: 21 28 52 Disambiguation of Talking: 6 15 79 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -our Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 3 10 60 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 5 8 60 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 26 4 8 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: parler, parlere, parllour, parlore, parloure, parlowr, parlowre, parlur, parlure

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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