parlance
/ˈpɑɹ.ləns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]"
- "We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War.""
- "The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki.""
- "At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace."
- "Its use at a variety of levels, including the individual and organisational level, make it a varied term that has parlance in organisational development, performance management and talent management."
- "And without further parlance they fought, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English *parlaunce, from Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler (“to talk”) + -ance.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *parlaunce, parlance
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑɹ.ləns/
- British English: /ˈpɑː.ləns/