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parlance

UK/ˈpɑː.ləns//ˈpɑɹ.ləns/

parlance noun: a certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.

Noun

parlance (countable and uncountable, plural parlances)

  1. A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
    • To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]1836, James Fenimore Cooper, "Eclipse"
    • We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."1845, Charles Miner, History of Wyoming, Letter IX
  2. Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.
    • Its use at a variety of levels, including the individual and organisational level, make it a varied term that has parlance in organisational development, performance management and talent management.2020, Stanley Oluka, Performance Management System and Employee Performance in Amuria Health Centre IV, Eastern Uganda
  3. (archaic, rare) Speech, discussion or debate.
    • And without further parlance they fought, […]1849, Lady Charlotte Guest, The Mabinogion, "Peredur the Son of Evrawc"

parlance meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

parlance in Marathi

parlance
संभाषण sambhāṣaṇ

parlance in Bengali

নির্দিষ্ট গোষ্ঠীর ভাষা, বলার রীতি

parlance in Malayalam

language, jargon, phraseology
സംഭാഷണം, സല്ലാപം, വാഗ്വ്യവഹാരം, സങ്കീർണ്ണഭാഷണം, നാടോടിഭാഷ, സാങ്കേതികത്വം നിറഞ്ഞ ഭാഷ

parlance in Kannada

ಒರೆಬಗೆ, ಮಾತಿನ ರೀತಿ, ಮಾತಿನ ರೂಢಿ, ವಾಗ್ವ್ಯವಹಾರ
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parlance in Persian
بیان bayân

Examples of parlance in a sentence

  • I have no issue with them flip-flopping, or in local parlance, roti-prataing.
  • In meme parlance, you may ask “Why?” but ah, an intellectual asks, “What’s the endgame?”
  • But common parlance has seen the name applied to any warty tail-less amphibian.

All 40 example sentences with parlance

Synonyms of parlance

Forms of parlance

pluralparlances

Origin of parlance

From Middle English *parlaunce, from Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler (“to talk”) + -ance.

Questions about parlance

What does parlance mean?
Parlance means a certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
What is parlance in Marathi?
Parlance in Marathi is संभाषण (sambhāṣaṇ). See Parlance meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is parlance?
Parlance is a noun.
How do you pronounce parlance?
Parlance is pronounced /ˈpɑː.ləns/ (UK).
What is the plural of parlance?
The plural of parlance is parlances.

Words near parlance in the dictionary

  1. Parkzer
  2. Parl.
  3. Parla
  4. parlament
  5. parlaments
  6. parlance
  7. parlances
  8. parlando
  9. parlandos
  10. parlante
  11. Parlapiano

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: parlance (page history and authors); संभाषण (Marathi) (page history and authors); parlance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parlance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); parlance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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