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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.
Noun
parle (countable and uncountable, plural parles)
- (obsolete) Parley; talk.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 21, columns 1–2:Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue?
- (obsolete) A nasty encounter.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 152, column 2:Hor[atio]. […] So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice.
Verb
parle (third-person singular simple present parles, present participle parling, simple past and past participle parled)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To talk; to converse; to parley.
1670, John Milton, “The Sixth Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. , London: J M for James Allestry, , →OCLC, page 266:[…] Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle, […]
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
parle
- inflection of parler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
parle
- inflection of parlar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Middle English
Verb
parle
- Alternative form of parlen
Portuguese
Verb
parle
- inflection of parlar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾle/
- Rhymes: -aɾle
- Syllabification: par‧le
Verb
parle
- inflection of parlar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative