parloir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French parloir (“parlour”).
Noun[edit]
parloir (plural parloirs)
- A room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents. [from 18th c.]
- 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview Press, published 2002, page 111:
- The first to which we went was a convent of Benedictine Nuns. When we had entered the gates we rang a bell, and a servant appeared, and desired us to go up stairs to the parloir.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
parloir m (plural parloirs)
- parlour (of house, covent)
- visitors' room (of hospital, school); visiting room (of prison)
- greenroom (in theatre etc.)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “parloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.