parlance

CEFRC2

/ˈpɑː.ləns/

noun

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noun
A particular way of speaking or using words.
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noun
Extra detail
Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.

Examples

Cindy thinks that my parlance is entertaining.
To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

Speech, discussion or debate.
A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.

In context

We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."
And without further parlance they fought, […]
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.

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To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]
1836, James Fenimore Cooper, "Eclipse"
We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."
1845, Charles Miner, History of Wyoming, Letter IX
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."
1909, William Elliot Griffis, The Story of New Netherland, Chapter 22
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.
1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 12, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 2, page 200
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.
2020, Stanley Oluka, Performance Management System and Employee Performance in Amuria Health Centre IV, Eastern Uganda

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From Middle English *parlaunce, from Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler (“to talk”) + -ance.