paroli

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from parabolō (to talk, speak), Latin parabola (speech; word).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [paˈroli]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -oli
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ro‧li

Verb[edit]

paroli (present parolas, past parolis, future parolos, conditional parolus, volitive parolu)

  1. (intransitive) to speak, talk
  2. (transitive) to speak (a language, usually)
    Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?Do you speak Esperanto?

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian paroli, plural of parolo, probably compounded from paro (I prepare) and enclitic pronoun -lo (it).

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Noun[edit]

paroli m (plural parolis)

  1. (games) a double stake
    faire (le) parolito double the stake
    gagner le parolito win the double stake
    • 1836, Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantes, Histoire des salons de Paris, 3rd edition, volume II:
      Dans un moment de colère contre le banquier, il fit paroli sur paroli, et en vint au point de mettre au tapis une énorme poignée d’or...
      In a fit of anger against the banker, he made paroli upon paroli, to the point where he had wagered a great handful of gold...

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