parlance
1 Parlance — Par lance (p[aum]r lans), n. [OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See {Parley}.] Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance. [1913 Webster] A hate of gossip parlance and of sway. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …
2 parlance — (n.) 1570s, :way of speaking,: from Anglo French (c.1300) and O.Fr. parlance, from O.Fr. parlaunce, from parler to speak (see PARLEY (Cf. parley)) …
3 parlance — ► NOUN ▪ a way of using words associated with a particular subject: medical parlance. ORIGIN Old French, from parler speak …
4 parlance — [pär′ləns] n. [Anglo Fr parlaunce < OFr < parler: see PARLEY] 1. Archaic conversation; esp., parley or debate 2. a style or manner of speaking or writing; language; idiom [military parlance] …
5 parlance — I noun address, allocution, choice of words, command of idiom, command of language, command of words, conference, conversation, delivery, diction, discourse, elocution, eloquence, expression, fashion, flow of language, flow of words, fluency,… …
6 parlance — [n] idiom argot, colloquialism, dialect, diction, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo*, localism, locution, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, speech, street talk*, talk, tongue, vernacular; concept 275 …
7 parlance — par|lance [ˈpa:ləns US ˈpa:r ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: parler; PARLEY] 1.) in medical/advertising etc parlance expressed in the words that a particular group of people would use ▪ In military parlance this is known as a fast… …
8 parlance — [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)ləns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: supp N, usu in N You use parlance when indicating that the expression you are using is normally used by a particular group of people. [FORMAL] Under the Communists local councils became, in official parlance,… …
9 parlance — noun in common/medical/advertising etc parlance expressed in words that most people, or a particular group of people, would use: This is called a unique selling proposition in advertising parlance …
10 parlance — /pahr leuhns/, n. 1. a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance. 2. speech, esp. a formal discussion or debate. 3. talk; parley. [1570 80; < AF; see PARLE, ANCE] * * * …
11 parlance — par|lance [ parləns ] noun uncount FORMAL a way of speaking or using words: in official/ordinary parlance …
12 parlance — [ pα:l(ə)ns] noun a particular way of using words, especially one common to those in a subject: medical parlance. Origin C16 (denoting speech or debate): from OFr., from parler speak , from L. parabola comparison (in late L. speech ) …
13 parlance — noun for the character of Lyndsay Ann, she uses her most annoying Valley girl parlance Syn: jargon, language, phraseology, talk, speech, argot, patois, cant; informal lingo, ese, speak …
14 parlance — UK [ˈpɑː(r)ləns] / US [ˈpɑrləns] noun [uncountable] formal a way of speaking or using words in official/ordinary parlance …
15 parlance — par•lance [[t]ˈpɑr ləns[/t]] n. 1) a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; jargon: legal parlance[/ex] 2) speech, esp. a formal discussion or debate 3) talk; parley • Etymology: 1570–80; < AF < OF < parler to speak; see parley …
16 parlance — /ˈpaləns / (say pahluhns) noun 1. way of speaking, or language; idiom; vocabulary: legal parlance. 2. Obsolete talk; parley. {Anglo French, from parler speak, from Latin parabola. See parable} …
17 parlance — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom …
18 parlance — noun /ˈpɑː.ləns,ˈpɑɹ.ləns/ a) A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a particular job or interest. b) Speech, discussion or debate. Syn: jargon …
19 parlance — Synonyms and related words: choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression, formulation, grammar, idiom, jargon, language, langue, lingo, lingua, locution, parole, personal usage, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, talk …
20 parlance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. language, manner of speaking. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. speech, manner of speech, tongue; see language 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. language, idiom, lingo, speech, tongue,… …
