"parley" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑɹli/, /ˈpɑːleɪ/, /ˈpɑːlɪ/ (note: some non-rhotic accents) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parley.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parleys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑɹli, -ɑːleɪ Etymology: From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παρά (pará, “beside”) with βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|parlai|t=speech, parley}} Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), {{der|en|fro|parler||to talk; to speak}} Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), {{der|en|LL.|parabolō}} Late Latin parabolō, {{der|en|la|parabola||comparison}} Latin parabola (“comparison”), {{der|en|grc|παραβολή}} Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), {{m|grc|παρά|t=beside}} παρά (pará, “beside”), {{m|grc|βολή|t=throwing}} βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”), {{m|en|palaver}} palaver Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} parley (countable and uncountable, plural parleys)
  1. A conference, especially one between enemies. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (conference, especially one between enemies): преговори (pregovori) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), pourparlers [masculine] (French), Unterredung [feminine] (German), Verhandlungsgespräch [neuter] (German), colloquium (Latin), pertraktacje (Polish), rokowania (Polish), перегово́ры (peregovóry) [masculine, plural] (Russian), convesacion (Spanish), coloquio [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-parley-en-noun-plbjP8Ab

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɑɹli/, /ˈpɑːleɪ/, /ˈpɑːlɪ/ (note: some non-rhotic accents) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parley.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parleys [present, singular, third-person], parleying [participle, present], parleyed [participle, past], parleyed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑɹli, -ɑːleɪ Etymology: From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παρά (pará, “beside”) with βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|parlai|t=speech, parley}} Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), {{der|en|fro|parler||to talk; to speak}} Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), {{der|en|LL.|parabolō}} Late Latin parabolō, {{der|en|la|parabola||comparison}} Latin parabola (“comparison”), {{der|en|grc|παραβολή}} Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), {{m|grc|παρά|t=beside}} παρά (pará, “beside”), {{m|grc|βολή|t=throwing}} βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”), {{m|en|palaver}} palaver Head templates: {{en-verb}} parley (third-person singular simple present parleys, present participle parleying, simple past and past participle parleyed)
  1. (intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: parlay Related terms: parley-vous, parle Translations (discuss): преговарям (pregovarjam) (Bulgarian), parlamentar (Galician), sermōcinor (Latin), pertraktować [imperfective] (Polish), parlamentar (Portuguese), вести переговоры (vesti peregovory) (Russian), parlamentar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-parley-en-verb-NPR3-Evk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verhandlungsgespräch"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "word": "colloquium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "word": "pertraktacje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "word": "rokowania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peregovóry",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "перегово́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "word": "convesacion"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "conference, especially one between enemies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coloquio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "parley"
}

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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɑɹli",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑɹli/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːleɪ",
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "parlai",
        "t": "speech, parley"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "parler",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to talk; to speak"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "parabolō"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "parabola",
        "4": "",
        "5": "comparison"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin parabola (“comparison”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "παραβολή"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παρά",
        "t": "beside"
      },
      "expansion": "παρά (pará, “beside”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βολή",
        "t": "throwing"
      },
      "expansion": "βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "palaver"
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      "expansion": "palaver",
      "name": "m"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παρά (pará, “beside”) with βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver.",
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      "form": "parleys",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parleying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parleyed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "parley-vous"
    },
    {
      "word": "parle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique",
          "text": "[...] at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ſhot, fled amaine and left us [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1865, “Tom the Giant—His Wife Jane, and Jack the Tinkeard, as Told by the ‘Drolls’”, in Robert Hunt, editor, Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall (First Series), London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 45",
          "text": "Jack \"parlayed\" with them until he had completed his task, and then he closed the gate in their faces.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a discussion, especially one between enemies."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discussion",
          "discussion"
        ],
        [
          "enemies",
          "enemy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑɹli/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑːleɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑːlɪ/",
      "note": "some non-rhotic accents"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑɹli"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːleɪ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "parlay"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregovarjam",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "word": "преговарям"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "word": "parlamentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "word": "sermōcinor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pertraktować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "word": "parlamentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesti peregovory",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "word": "вести переговоры"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "discuss",
      "word": "parlamentar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "parley"
}

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