parle

See also: parlé and pärle

English

Etymology

From Old French parler (to speak), from Late Latin *parabolō.

Noun

parle (plural parles)

  1. Parley.
  2. (obsolete) A nasty encounter.

Quotations

  • "So frowned he once, when in an angry parle
  • He smote the angry Polacks on the ice – Horatio, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 61–62.

Verb

parle (third-person singular simple present parles, present participle parling, simple past and past participle parled)

  1. To talk; to converse; to parley.

Quotations

  • Of all the fair resort of gentlemen that every day with parle encounter me, in thy opinion which is worthiest love? – Julia, in "Two Gentlemen of Verona" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2.
  • Finding himself too weak, began to parle - Milton.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁl/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: parles, parlent

Verb

parle

  1. first-person singular present indicative of parler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of parler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of parler
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of parler
  5. second-person singular imperative of parler

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Spanish

Verb

parle

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parlar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parlar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parlar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of parlar.
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