adj
Meaning 1
Used in or appropriate for a parlor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Parlor painting.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
parlor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːlə/
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General-American: pärʹlər
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General-American: /ˈpɑɹlɚ/
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Nigeria: /ˈpaːlɔː/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)lə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Advocating something in a secluded place without actual involvement or action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
Examples
- Parlor socialism.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: dated outside Mid-Atlantic US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: living room, sitting room, drawing room, lounge
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A comfortable room in a public house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A covered open-air patio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- tattoo parlor pizza parlor ice cream parlor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
Ellipsis of beauty parlor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A shed used for milking cattle; a milking parlor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: common room, morning room, salon
noun
Meaning 11
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parlour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reception room
History
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. Displaced native Old English sprǣchūs.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: прие́мна (priémna) — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Bulgarian: сало́н (salón) — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Esperanto: salono — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- French: parloir — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- French: salon — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- German: Wohnzimmer — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- German: Salon — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Japanese: 客室 (kyakushitsu) — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Japanese: 客間 (kyakuma) — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Māori: pāra — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Russian: приёмная (prijómnaja) — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Scots: chaumer — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Spanish: sala — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Spanish: sala de estar — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Swedish: finrum — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Swedish: salong — room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
- Bulgarian: всекидне́вна (vsekidnévna) — drawing room
- Esperanto: salono — drawing room
- Finnish: salonki — drawing room
- French: salon — drawing room
- German: Empfangszimmer — drawing room
- German: Salon — drawing room
- German: Sprechzimmer — drawing room
- German: Stube — drawing room
- German: Wohnzimmer — drawing room
- Hungarian: szalon — drawing room
- Hungarian: társalgó — drawing room
- Lithuanian: svetainė — drawing room
- Norwegian: dagligstue — drawing room
- Norwegian: dagstue — drawing room
- Norwegian: stue — drawing room
- Swedish: vardagsrum — drawing room
- Turkish: oturma odası — drawing room
- Turkish: salon — drawing room
- Danish: salon — comfortable room in a public house
- French: salon — comfortable room in a public house
- Swedish: salong — comfortable room in a public house
- French: salon — shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
- Swedish: salong — shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
- Swedish: bar — shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
- Swedish: butik — shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
- Bulgarian: доилна (doilna) — shed used for milking cattle
- French: salle de traite — shed used for milking cattle
Real reading context