parle

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parle^¹

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Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.

noun parles

countable, obsolete, uncountable Parley; talk. Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue?
countable, obsolete, uncountable A nasty encounter. Hor[atio].[…]So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice.

verb parles · parling · parled

intransitive, obsolete To talk; to converse; to parley. […]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…]

Parle^²

proper noun

A surname.

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@misc{parle_2026,
  title = {parle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}