"parlour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

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: {{bor+|enm|fro|parleor}} Borrowed from Old French parleor, {{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, Rooms
    Sense id: en-parlour-enm-noun-3Y3NCZIB Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Rooms: 29 46 25
  3. (rare) A room for discussion; a meeting room. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-parlour-enm-noun-6RpknUYQ Disambiguation of Talking: 7 22 71
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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