parlor

CEFRB1

/ˈpɑːlə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A room used for sitting, talking, or receiving guests.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A comfortable room in a public house.

Examples

  • Could you suggest a good beauty parlor near here?

  • Jiro was all smiles after he made a bundle at the pachinko parlor.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpaːlɔː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.

  2. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.

  3. A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.

More examples

In context

  • tattoo parlor pizza parlor ice cream parlor

  • So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.

  • There had been a surprise party and some had entered his hotel parlour to get drink; before he was aware of it the accordion was being played in the room.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.