parle

See also: parlé and pärle

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)

1. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], 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?

2. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], 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)

1. (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[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 266:

     […] Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle, […]

Anagrams

• APLer, Alper, Pearl, lepra, paler, pearl, repla

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁl/

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• Homophones: parles, parlent

Verb

parle

1. inflection of parler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• laper

Galician

Verb

parle

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Middle English

Verb

parle

1. Alternative form of parlen

Portuguese

Verb

parle

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾle/ [ˈpaɾ.le]
• Rhymes: -aɾle
• Syllabification: par‧le

Verb

parle

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative