parle

American  

[pahrl] / pɑrl /

noun

Archaic.

parled, parling

1. talk; parley.

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Etymology

Origin of parle

1350–1400; Middle English parlen < Middle French parler to speak < Late Latin parabolāre; see parable

Example Sentences

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parle parled

Living in Paris for a year certainly had its share of stresses, mostly because my French language skills never really advanced beyond me saying, Je parle français un petit peu, before switching to English.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2025

At the elegantly appointed La Clef des Champs in Floreal, the revered chef Jacqueline Dalais serves haute-Mauritian food — “La cuisine Française qui parle Creole,” she describes it, French cuisine with a Creole accent.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2017

Ainsi parle messire gauuain a gallehault, & il luy demande comment il luy est | et Gauuain dist.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

Shortly before they were set at liberty the prison governor said, ‘I have two parle mi franço in prison; what they have done I know not.’

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

There is a very dangerous one about the centre of it, which is named the Rapid qui ne parle point, or that never speaks, from its silent whirlpool-motion.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Alexander Mackenzie

These lovers parled by the touch of hands: True love is mute, and oft amazèd stands.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen