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parlance

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par·lance  (pärlns)
n.
1. A particular manner of speaking; idiom: legal parlance.
2. Speech, especially a conversation or parley.

[Middle French, from Old French, from parler, to speak; see parley.]

parlance [ˈpɑːləns]
n
1. a particular manner of speaking, esp when specialized; idiom political parlance
2. Archaic any discussion, such as a debate
[from Old French, from parler to talk, via Medieval Latin from Late Latin parabola speech, parable; compare parley]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.parlance - a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"

parlance
noun language, talk, speech, tongue, jargon, idiom, lingo (informal), phraseology, manner of speaking He is, in common parlance, a `sad loser'.
Translations
parlance [ˈpɑːləns] Nlenguaje m
in common parlanceen lenguaje corriente
in technical parlanceen lenguaje técnico
parlance [ˈpɑːrləns] n
in common parlance → en langage courant
parlance
n in common/modern parlanceim allgemeinen/modernen Sprachgebrauch; in technical/legal parlancein der Fachsprache/Rechtssprache
parlance [ˈpɑːləns] n in common/modern parlancenel linguaggio comune/moderno
parlance [ˈpɑːləns] n in common/modern parlancenel linguaggio comune/moderno


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In common parlance men speak of those whom they honour and love as 'coming first' with them.
At King William Island, in the Admiralties, Kwaque had made, in the parlance of the South Pacific, a pier-head jump.
He had recognised in me a ship's officer, very possibly looking for a berth like himself, and so far a comrade, but still a man belonging to that sparsely-peopled after-end of a ship, where a great part of her reputation as a "good ship," in seaman's parlance, is made or marred.
 
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