parler

Meaning

Verb

1. to speak, talk
2. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak
3. to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name

Noun

1. parlance
2. vernacular, dialect

Concepts

speak

talk

tell

say

chat

discuss

converse

express

speaking

babble

show

propose

speech

cf. speak

address

have a conversation

lecture

utter

blab

convey

gossip

confabulate

know

accost

break the ice

start talking

suggest

conspire with

pledge

recite

blurt out

chatter

discourse

speak up

secret words

make a sound

declare

words

style of speech

frankly

somebody

to

speak Tacheles

do some straight talking

Yiddish

mouth

verbalise

verbalize

spill

subject

speech production

talking

talk of the town

public lecture

language

dialect

patois

blabber

answer

give

intend

mean

present

idly

jabber

piffle

splutter

sputter

stammer

stutter

agitate

argue

confer

consult

hammer out

negociate

talk away

talk out

talk over

thrash out

treat

act out

communicate

declare oneself

demonstrate

evince

express oneself

manifest

put

render

report

enunciate

pronounce

vocalise

vocalize

account for

claver

indicate

narrate

dissert

phrase

talk to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paʁ.le/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Early Medieval Latin parabolāre, from Latin parabola (“parable, comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).