parler

From Middle French parler (“to speak or talk”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, parabolāre, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman pâler; Gallo paslaer; Picard parler; Bourguignon pairôlai; Franco-Provençal and Occitan parlar; Corsican parlà.

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.le/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: parlai, parlé, parlée, parlées, parlés, parlez

parler

1. (intransitive) to speak, talk

   Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. ― He began to speak at the age of four.

   Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. ― They spoke several hours before going to sleep.

2. (transitive) to be able to communicate in a language; to speak

   Elle parle couramment français. ― She speaks French fluently

3. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name

   Armes parlantes.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun)

   se parler à soi-même ― to talk to oneself

• → English: parley
• Haitian Creole: pale

parler m (plural parlers)

1. parlance
2. vernacular, dialect

• bavarder
• discuter
• jacasser
• jaser

• “parler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

parler

1. Alternative form of parlour

From Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, parabolāre, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

parler

1. to speak; to talk.

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: parler
  • → English: parley
  • Haitian Creole: pale

From Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō, parabolāre, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

parler

1. to speak

• pâler (partially in Cotentin)

• paroler, parlier

From Late Latin parabolō, parabolāre, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

parler

1. to speak; to talk

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. This verb has a stressed present stem parol distinct from the unstressed stem parl. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• parole

• Gallo: paslaer
• Middle French: parler
  • French: parler
    • → English: parley
    • Haitian Creole: pale
• Norman: pâler, parlaïr
• → English: parle
• → Middle English: parlai
  • English: parley