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English

Alternative forms

• parlour (British)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman parlur and Old French parleor, from the verb parler (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??l?/
• (General American) enPR: pär?l?r, IPA^(key): /?p??l?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?(?)

Noun

parlor (plural parlors)

1. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
2. (archaic) 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. (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.
4. (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
5. A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
6. A shed used for milking cattle.

Synonyms

• (room): living room
• (room): sitting room
• (room): drawing room

Hypernyms

• room

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• parlor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• parlor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• parlor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for English beauty parlor.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: par?lor

Noun

parlor

1. a beauty parlor

English

Etymology

From face +? book.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?f?s'bo?ok, IPA^(key): /?fe?s?b?k/

Noun

facebook (plural facebooks)

1. A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names.
2. A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.

   The shipment of facebooks will be distributed to the freshmen during orientation and move-in-week.

Synonyms

• (a book containing pictures of faces): mug book

Derived terms

• Facebook

Translations

See also

• yearbook (traditionally published at the end of the academic year)

Verb

facebook (third-person singular simple present facebooks, present participle facebooking, simple past and past participle facebooked)

1. Alternative form of Facebook

Related terms

• facebooker