parlance (noun)

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• parlance — ► NOUN ▪ a way of using words associated with a particular subject: medical parlance. ORIGIN Old French, from parler speak …   English terms dictionary

• parlance — noun in common/medical/advertising etc parlance expressed in words that most people, or a particular group of people, would use: This is called a unique selling proposition in advertising parlance …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• parlance — I noun address, allocution, choice of words, command of idiom, command of language, command of words, conference, conversation, delivery, diction, discourse, elocution, eloquence, expression, fashion, flow of language, flow of words, fluency,… …   Law dictionary

• parlance — noun for the character of Lyndsay Ann, she uses her most annoying Valley girl parlance Syn: jargon, language, phraseology, talk, speech, argot, patois, cant; informal lingo, ese, speak …   Thesaurus of popular words

• parlance — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• parlance — noun /ˈpɑː.ləns,ˈpɑɹ.ləns/ a) A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a particular job or interest. b) Speech, discussion or debate. Syn: jargon …   Wiktionary

• parlance — par|lance [ parləns ] noun uncount FORMAL a way of speaking or using words: in official/ordinary parlance …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• parlance — [ pα:l(ə)ns] noun a particular way of using words, especially one common to those in a subject: medical parlance. Origin C16 (denoting speech or debate): from OFr., from parler speak , from L. parabola comparison (in late L. speech ) …   English new terms dictionary

• parlance — UK [ˈpɑː(r)ləns] / US [ˈpɑrləns] noun [uncountable] formal a way of speaking or using words in official/ordinary parlance …   English dictionary

• parlance — /ˈpaləns / (say pahluhns) noun 1. way of speaking, or language; idiom; vocabulary: legal parlance. 2. Obsolete talk; parley. {Anglo French, from parler speak, from Latin parabola. See parable} …  

• parlance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. language, manner of speaking. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. speech, manner of speech, tongue; see language 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. language, idiom, lingo, speech, tongue,… …   English dictionary for students