parler

Inherited from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Early Medieval Latin parabolāre, from Latin parabola (“parable, comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.le/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: parlai, parlé, parlée, parlées, parlés, parlez

parler

1. (intransitive) to speak, talk

   Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. ― He began to speak at the age of four.

   Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. ― They spoke several hours before going to sleep.

2. (transitive) to be able to communicate in a language; to speak

   Elle parle couramment français. ― She speaks French fluently.

3. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name

   armes parlantes ― canting arms

4. (pronominal)

   se parler à soi-même ― to talk to oneself

• Haitian Creole: pale

parler m (plural parlers)

1. parlance
2. vernacular, dialect

• bavarder
• discuter
• jacasser
• jaser

• “parler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

parler

1. Alternative form of parlour

From Old French parler.

parler

1. to speak; to talk.

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: parler
  • Haitian Creole: pale

From Old French parler, from Early Medieval Latin parabolāre.

parler

1. to speak

      Conjugation of the verb « parler » in Norman

infinitive			parler
gerund			parlant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parlé		parlée
		plural		parlés		parlées
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	parle	parles	parle	parloms	parlez	parlent
	imperfect	parleis	parleis	parleit	parlioms	parliez	parleient
	preterite	parlis	parlis	parlit	parlîmes	parlîtes	parlîtrent
	future	parlerai	parleras	parlera	parleroms	parlerez	parleront
	conditional	parlereis	parlereis	parlereit	parlerioms	parleriez	parlereient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	parle	parles	parle	parlioms	parliez	parlent
	imperfect	parlisse	parlisse	parlît parlisse	parlissioms	parlissiez	parlissent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			parle		parloms	parlez
1Used with past participles.

• pâler (partially in Cotentin)

• paroler, parlier

From Early Medieval Latin parabolāre.

parler

1. to speak; to talk

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. This verb has a stressed present stem parol distinct from the unstressed stem parl. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• parole

• Bourguignon: pairôlai
• Gallo: paslaer
• Middle French: parler (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: pâler, parlaïr (Guernsey)
• Picard: parler
• → Middle English: parlen, parlai
  • English: parle, parley