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Plural of parlor

regular plural

The plural of parlor is parlors.

Forms of parlor

Singularparlor /ˈpɑːlə/
Pluralparlors
Countablecountable

Parlors in a sentence

  • The ice cream parlors served generous scoops, hand-dipped by college-bound teenagers who spoke through colorful orthodontia.2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 226. From the entry generous
  • People now consider trommel parlors as the current defining standard by which I am judged.2002 April 25, TAPKAE, “Ah, yes a red lion can!”, in alt.music.mike-keneally (Usenet). From the entry tremendosity
  • Some examples are gas stations, music stores, grocery stores, movie theatres, and icecream parlors.2001, Arthur O'Sullivan, Steven M. Sheffrin, Rob Moir, Microeconomics: Principles and Tools, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.…. From the entry icecream parlor
  • The Greeks and Romans constructed in their homes special sun parlors (called helioses or thermae).1933, Frank Hammond Krusen, Light Therapy, page 4. From the entry heliosis
  • He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an arcade.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry yakitori

Meaning of parlor

  1. noun The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
  2. noun The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
  3. noun A comfortable room in a public house.

Full definition of parlor

Questions about the plural of parlor

What is the plural of parlor?
The plural of parlor is parlors.
Is parlor countable?
Parlor is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parlor (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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