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parlor

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

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livingroom

English

Noun

livingroom (plural livingrooms)

  1. Alternative form of living room

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