Definitions for parlance

parlance par·lance

Spelling: [pahr-luh ns]
IPA: /ˈpɑr ləns/

Parlance is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in parlance (aacelnpr).

Definitions for parlance

noun

  1. a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom:
  2. speech, especially a formal discussion or debate.
  3. talk; parley.

Origin of parlance

From Anglo-French, dating back to 1570-80; See origin at parle, -ance

Examples for parlance

Reviews seemed to range a short spectrum between turnip (a dud, in the French parlance) and not-a-complete-turnip.

It always surprises you to hear the Arabic pronunciation of words that have entered American parlance.

A term singularly, but very often, misapplied in parlance for orbit.

They took me by surprise—in Western parlance, got the drop on me.

A “stringer,” in the parlance of foreign correspondents, Sundaram sold stories to The New York Times and the Associated Press.

It was a case, in the parlance of thieves and police, of “rail-roading.”

They all went to church Sabbath morning, in the old Puritan parlance.

But Scott, in taking the parlance of the street to the SportsCenter desk, helped affirm its ascendance.

There is my cradle, after the flesh; my native land—in the parlance of the men of these days!

The campaign finance laws at issue in these cases are what, in First Amendment parlance, are known as content-neutral.

Word Value for parlance
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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