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parloir

parloir noun: a room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents.

Noun

parloir (plural parloirs)

  1. A room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents.
    • The first to which we went was a convent of Benedictine Nuns. When we had entered the gates we rang a bell, and a servant appeared, and desired us to go up stairs to the parloir.1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview Press, published 2002, page 111

Forms of parloir

pluralparloirs

Origin of parloir

From French parloir (“parlor”). Doublet of parlor.

Questions about parloir

What does parloir mean?
Parloir means a room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents.
What part of speech is parloir?
Parloir is a noun.
What is the plural of parloir?
The plural of parloir is parloirs.

Words near parloir in the dictionary

  1. parlimentaires
  2. Parlin
  3. parling
  4. Parlington
  5. Parlins
  6. parloir
  7. parloirs
  8. parlor
  9. parlor car
  10. parlor cars
  11. parlor game

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