parlor

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

Old English parlour, parlur, French parloir, Late Latin parlatorium.

Alternative forms

• parlour

Noun

parlor (plural parlors)

1. (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
2. A room for lounging (especially for reading); a sitting-room; a drawing room.
3. (archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from the outside.

Derived terms

• beauty parlor
• beer parlor
• betting parlor
• funeral parlor
• massage parlor
• parlormaid
• parlor game

Translations

drawing room

Esperanto: salono (eo) German: Empfangszimmer (de) n., Salon (de) m., Sprechzimmer (de) n., Stube (de) f., Wohnzimmer (de) n.

Hungarian: szalon (hu), társalgó (hu) Norwegian: dagligstue (no) m. and f., dagstue (no) m. and f., stue (no) m. and f. Swedish: vardagsrum (sv) n. Turkish: oturma odası (tr), salon (tr)

External links

• parlor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• parlor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• parlor at OneLook Dictionary Search