"parlour" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑːlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑɹlɚ/ [General-American], /ˈpaːlɔː/ [Nigeria] Audio: En-us-parlour.ogg Forms: parlours [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} parlour (plural parlours)
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor. Categories (topical): Rooms Derived forms: parlour pink
    Sense id: en-parlour-en-noun-tRv9UM5a Categories (other): Commonwealth English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 9 30 13 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 39 21 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 73 5 17 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 4 23 4

Inflected forms

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            "Art",
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