parle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of parle
1350–1400; Middle English parlen < Middle French parler to speak < Late Latin parabolāre; see parable
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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
Of all the fair resort of gentlemen 5 That every day with parle encounter me, In thy opinion which is worthiest love?
From Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George
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 Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina
Moi, qui vous parle, L- G-ll--nn-, Have told them so; I ought to know!
From The Battle of the Bays by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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 Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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