parlor

C2 Topic:House & Home

Also spelled parlour

US /ˈpɑɹlɚ/ UK /ˈpɑːlə/ See IPA manual

Freq #8648

Meanings

1

noun
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

Guests waited in the front parlor.
2

noun
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

Guests waited in the front parlor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a room in a private house... living room

2 noun · reception room in an inn or... parlour

Word family

Forms parlors

Derived forms nonparlorparlor-gameparlorishparlorlessparlormaid

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Phrases (1)

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massage parlor
a business where customers receive massages

Noun + noun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.

parlour Middle English parleor Old French parlātōrium la-med

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Topics

House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives

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# parlor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑɹlɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɑːlə/
**Frequency rank:** 8648

## Meanings
1. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
2. reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

## Examples
- Guests waited in the front parlor.
- Guests waited in the front parlor.

## Derived Forms
- nonparlor
- parlor-game
- parlorish
- parlorless
- parlormaid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parlour
- Root: parleor
- Root: parlātōrium

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.

## AI Etymology
parlor is a noun meaning a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax. Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.

## Topics
- House & Home
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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