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par·lour  (pärlr)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of parlor.

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parlour US, parlor [ˈpɑːlə]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Old-fashioned a living room, esp one kept tidy for the reception of visitors

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a reception room in a priest's house, convent, etc.

3. a small room for guests away from the public rooms in an inn, club, etc.

4. (Business / Commerce) Chiefly US, Canadian, and NZ a room or shop equipped as a place of business a billiard parlor

5. (Business / Commerce) Caribbean a small shop, esp one selling cakes and nonalcoholic drinks

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Also called milking parlour a building equipped for the milking of cows

[from Anglo-Norman parlur, from Old French parleur room in convent for receiving guests, from parler to speak; see parley]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parlour - reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received parlor reception room - a room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel)
	2.	parlour - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax front room, living room, living-room, sitting room, parlor common room - a sitting room (usually at school or university) dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" morning room - a sitting room used during the daylight hours room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" salon - elegant sitting room where guests are received

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parlour U.S. parlor

noun (Old-fashioned)

1. sitting room, lounge, living room, drawing room, front room, reception room, best room The guests were shown into the parlour.

2. establishment, shop, store, salon a funeral parlour

Translations

parlour parlor (US) [ˈpɑːləʳ]

A. N (in house) → sala f, salón m
beauty parlour → salón m de belleza
ice-cream parlour → heladería f

B. CPD parlor car N (US) → coche-salón m
parlour game, parlor game (US) N → juego m de salón

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parlour [ˈpɑː^rlə^r] parlor (US) n (old-fashioned) (= living room) → salon m
parlour game parlor game (US) n → jeu m de société

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parlour, (US) parlor

n

(in house) → Salon m

(= beauty parlour, massage parlour etc) → Salon m; ice-cream parlour → Eisdiele f

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parlour:

parlour game

n → Gesellschaftsspiel nt

parlourmaid

n (Brit) → Dienstmädchen nt

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parlour parlor (Am) [ˈpɑːləʳ] n (in house) → salotto
ice-cream parlour → gelateria

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parlour parlor (Am) [ˈpɑːləʳ] n (in house) → salotto
ice-cream parlour → gelateria

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parlour

n parlour [ˈpaːlə]

1 a room in a (usually small) house used for sitting in and for entertaining guests. sitkamer قاعَة الإسْتِقْبال гостна salónek dagligstue das Wohnzimmer σαλόνι salón võõrastetuba اتاق پذیرایی olohuone (petit) salon סָלוֹן बैठक खाना dnevna soba nappali (szoba) ruang duduk gestastofa, setustofa salotto 居間 거실 svetainė viesistaba ruang tamu salon salong, (fin)stue salonik sala de estar cameră de primire гостиная salónik dnevna soba salon vardags-, finrum ห้องรับแขก oturma odası 客廳 вітальня ديوان خانہ، ملاقات خانہ phòng khách 客厅

2 room(s) for customers usually of firms providing particular services a beauty parlo(u)r; a funeral parlo(u)r. salon, voorkamer صالون، مؤسَّسَة تَجْميل приемна salón, ústav, provozovna salon; -salon der Salon,das Zimmer αίθουσα salón salong, büroo سالن؛ موسسه toimisto salon סָלוֹן वार्ताकक्ष salon (-)szalon panti -stofa salone, negozio; (pompe funebri) ～室, 店 응접실 salonas, kabinetas, salė (īpašu pakalpojumu) salons, kabinets, birojs salon {#169}salon -salong, –byrå zakład salão salon; cameră салон; ателье;бюро salón, ústav salon salon salong, kapell ห้องรับรองลูกค้า salon 營業室 приймальня خاص خدمات پيش کرنے کا کمرہ cửa hàng 营业室

n parlour-maid

a female servant who opens the door to visitors, serves tea etc. kamermeisie خادِمَة الإسْتِقْبال прислужница panská stuepige das Stubenmädchen υπηρέτρια camarera teenijatüdruk پیشخدمت زن sisäkkö bonne עוֹזֶרֶת नौकरानी kućna pomoćnica szobalány pelayan wanita stofustúlka, þjónustustúlka cameriera 女中 하녀, 가정부 tarnaitė, kambarinė istabene penyambut tetamu dienstmeisje stuepike pokojówka criada de fora fată în casă, bonă горничная slúžka služkinja služavka husa สาวใช้ทำหน้าที่เปิดประตูและต้อนรับแขก sofra hizmetçisi 客廳女招待員 покоївка خادمہ cô hầu bàn 客厅女招待员