parley

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːli/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑɹli/
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• Scotland: /ˈpaɾle/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)li
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παρά (pará, “beside”) with βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: преговори (pregovori) — conference, especially one between enemies
• French: pourparlers — conference, especially one between enemies
• German: Unterredung — conference, especially one between enemies
• German: Verhandlungsgespräch — conference, especially one between enemies
• Latin: colloquium — conference, especially one between enemies
• Polish: pertraktacje — conference, especially one between enemies
• Polish: rokowania — conference, especially one between enemies
• Russian: перегово́ры (peregovóry) — conference, especially one between enemies
• Spanish: conversación — conference, especially one between enemies
• Spanish: coloquio — conference, especially one between enemies
• Spanish: parlamento — conference, especially one between enemies
• Bulgarian: преговарям (pregovarjam) — discuss
• Galician: parlamentar — discuss
• Latin: sermōcinor — discuss
• Polish: pertraktować — discuss
• Portuguese: parlamentar — discuss
• Russian: вести переговоры (vesti peregovory) — discuss
• Spanish: parlamentar — discuss
• Spanish: negociar — discuss