different between parlor vs parker

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

park +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??k?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??k?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?(?)
• Hyphenation: park?er

Noun

parker (plural parkers)

1. A parkkeeper.
2. Someone who parks a motor vehicle.

Anagrams

• repark

Danish

Etymology 1

See park (“park”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?(r)k?(r)/, [?p??????]

Noun

parker c

1. indefinite plural of park

Etymology 2

See parkere (“to park”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parke?r/, [p???k?e???]

Verb

parker or parkér

1. imperative of parkere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English park.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.ke/

Verb

parker

1. (transitive, Quebec) to park (a vehicle)

   Synonym: garer

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

parker m

1. indefinite plural of park

Verb

parker

1. imperative of parkere

Swedish

Noun

parker

1. indefinite plural of park