Parlance

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɑː.lÉ™ns/
• US IPA: /ˈpɑɹ.lÉ™ns/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler ("to talk") + -ance.

Full definition of parlance

Noun

1. A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those 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 ...
• We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the w:Pennamite-Yankee War
• The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki."
2. (archaic, rare) Speech, discussion or debate.
• And without further parlance they fought, ...

Synonyms

• jargon

Anagrams

• carplane