Parlour

Definitions: Parlour

Parlour

Noun

1. Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

2. A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.

Date "parlour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Parlour (from the Fr. parler, "to speak") denotes an "audience chamber," but that is not the import of the Hebrew word so rendered. It corresponds to what the Turks call a kiosk, as in Judg. 3:20 (the "summer parlour"), or as in the margin of the Revised Version ("the upper chamber of cooling"), a small room built on the roof of the house, with open windows to catch the breeze, and having a door communicating with the outside by which persons seeking an audience may be admitted. While Eglon was resting in such a parlour, Ehud, under pretence of having a message from God to him, was admitted into his presence, and murderously plunged his dagger into his body (21, 22). The "inner parlours" in 1 Chr. 28:11 were the small rooms or chambers which Solomon built all round two sides and one end of the temple (1 Kings 6:5), "side chambers;" or they may have been, as some think, the porch and the holy place. In 1 Sam. 9:22 the Revised Version reads "guest chamber," a chamber at the high place specially used for sacrificial feasts. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Parlour - (from the Fr. parler, "to speak") denotes an "audience chamber," but that is not the import of the Hebrew word so rendered. It corresponds to what the Turks call a kiosk, as in Judg. 3:20 (the "summer parlour"), or as in the margin of the Revised Version ("the upper chamber of cooling"), a small room built on the roof of the house, with open windows to catch the breeze, and having a door communicating with the outside by which persons seeking an audience may be admitted. While Eglon was resting in such a parlour, Ehud, under pretence of having a message from God to him, was admitted into his presence, and murderously plunged his dagger into his body (21, 22).

The "inner parlours" in 1 Chr. 28:11 were the small rooms or chambers which Solomon built all round two sides and one end of the temple (1 Kings 6:5), "side chambers;" or they may have been, as some think, the porch and the holy place.

In 1 Sam. 9:22 the Revised Version reads "guest chamber," a chamber at the high place specially used for sacrificial feasts.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Synonyms: Parlour

Synonyms: front room (n), living room (n), livingroom (n), parlor (n), sitting room (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Parlour

English words defined with "parlour": beauty parlour, billiard parlour ♦ funeral parlour ♦ parlour car, parlour game, parlour grand, parlour grand piano ♦ sun parlour ♦ tea parlour. (references)

Specialty definitions using "parlour": Dyot Street ♦ separate milking parlour, SKY PARLOUR. (references)

Etymologies containing "parlour": Parlor. (references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Come Into My Parlour (1932)

The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)

Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001)

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Domain	Title
Books	Favorite Parlour Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (reference) Parlour and Kitchen: Housing and Domestic Culture in Budapest,1870-1940 (reference) Parlour Magic: Stacking Boxes (reference) Parlour Magic: Stationery Folder (reference) Presentation Parlour (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	If You're Irish...Come into the Parlour (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Ben Heppner - My Secret Heart ~ Songs of parlour, stage and screen (reference) The Parlour Grand (reference) The Parlour Grand, Vol.2 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Mah Jong Parlour 1.0 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Ladies parlour at Willard's Hotel, Washington.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	So we followed Sylvie, and all entered the parlour together.
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Come into the parlour.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	One day, he was receiving alms for the poor in a parlour in the city, where the Marquis of Champtercier, who was old, rich, and miserly, was present.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The parlour fire would not draw that evening and Mr Dedalus rested the poker against the bars of the grate to attract the flame.
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"Parlour" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.77% of the time. "Parlour" is used about 440 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	94.77%	417	13,597
Noun (proper)	3.86%	17	85,106
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.91%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.23%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	0.23%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	440	N/A

Expressions using "parlour": bar parlour ♦ beauty parlour ♦ billiard parlour ♦ funeral parlour ♦ parlour car ♦ parlour game ♦ parlour games ♦ parlour grand ♦ parlour grand piano ♦ parlour maid ♦ parlour socialist ♦ parlour tricks ♦ separate milking parlour ♦ sun parlour ♦ tea parlour. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "parlour": parlour-car, parlour-game, parlour-game-and-flower-arranging, parlour-like, parlour-maid, parlour-so, parlour-trick.
	Ending with "parlour": back-parlour, bar-parlour, dining-parlour, inn-parlour.
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Language		Translations for "parlour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		sallon (drawing room, hall, hallway, parlor, porch, salon, saloon, sitting room), lokal (cafeteria, coffee room, house, local, native, parlor, premises, provincial, restaurant, room, sectional, spot, vicinal), dhomë pritjeje (drawing room, parlor, sitting room, waiting room), atelje (parlor). (various references)

Arabic		‏مؤسسة تجارية (parlor, shop, trade centre), ‏قاعة صغيرة (parlor), ‏قاعة إستقبال (parlor), ‏حافلة قطار (parlor), ‏ردهة (anteroom, foyer, hall, limbo, lobby, lounge, parlor, vestibule), ‏دار (circle, come round, dwelling, go, gyrate, hand round, home, house, operate, orb, orbit, pan, parlor, residence, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, spun, swing, swing round, swirl, swivel, turn over, twiddle, twirl, up and about, wheel, whirl, wind). (various references)

Bulgarian		стая за посетители (parlor), салонен (parlor), салон (auditorium, hall, lounge, parlor, salon, saloon), теоретичен (abstract, doctrinaire, moot, parlor, platonic, pure, theoretic, theoretical), кабинетен (armchair, closet, parlor), гостна стая (parlor, reception room), всекидневна стая (parlor, sitting room), ателие (atelier, parlor, shop), приемна зала (parlor, salon, stateroom), приемна (auditorium, drawing room, parlor). (various references)

Chinese		客厅 (Parlor). (various references)

Czech		provozovna (parlor, workshop), salon (drawing room, parlor, salon), jídelna (cafeteria, chop-house, cook-shop, dining room, eatery, eating house, mess, parlor, porterhouse, refectory), ústav (establishment, institute, institution, parlor). (various references)

Danish		aula (auditorium, lounge, salon, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Dutch		zaal (lounge, saddle, salon, sitting-room), salon (lounge, salon, sitting-room). (various references)

Esperanto		salono (lounge, salon, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Faeroese		salur (lounge, salon, sitting-room), høll (auditorium, hall, lounge, salon, sitting-room). (various references)

Finnish		pyörivä lypsyasema (revolving milking parlour, rotary milking parlour), tandemlypsyasema (tandem milking parlour), siirrettävä uuhen lypsyasema (mobile ewe milking parlour), seuraleikki (parlour game), säteittäinen kuttujen lypsyasema (radial goat milking parlour), rinnakkaislypsyasema (abreast milking parlour), maitohuone (milk parlour, milk room), kauneussalonki (beauty parlour), kauneusalonki (beauty parlour), kalanruotomallinen lypsyasema (herringbone milking parlour, parlor), kalanruotolypsyasema (herringbone milking parlour, parlor). (various references)

French		salon. (various references)

German		Wohnzimmer (living room, living-room, lounge, parlor, parlors, parlours, reception room, sitting room, sitting-room), Sprechzimmer (consulting room, living room, parlour office, surgery), Salon (drawing room, exhibition stand, lounge, parlor, salon, saloon, sitting-room). (various references)

Greek		σάλα (parlor), σαλόνι (drawing room, lounge, parlor, salon, sitting room), ινστιτούτο (institute, parlor, salon), αίθουσα (auditorium, hall, parlor, room, salon). (various references)

Hebrew		אולם (auditorium, aula, but, hall, however, nevertheless, saloon, vestibule, yet), ח�"ר אורחים (drawing room, living room, sitting room), טרקלין (drawing room, lounge, salon), סלון (guest room, living room, lounge, salon, sitting room). (various references)

Hungarian		társalgó (combination room, conversational, dayroom, drawing room, foyer, lounge, parlor, talker), fogadószoba (parlor, salon), szalon (drawing room, parlor, salon, saloon, spare room), különterem (banqueting-hall, parlor), különszoba (closet, parlor, private room). (various references)

Indonesian		kamar tamu (antechamber, parlor). (various references)

Italian		salotto (drawing room, lounge, parlor, salon, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		麻雀屋 (mahjong parlour, mah-jongg parlour), 美容院　 (beauty parlour, hairdressing salon), 美容院 (beauty parlour, hairdressing salon), 碁会所 (commercial go-playing parlour), カタン糸 (a couple, beauty parlour, cloth band worn around hair, clothes made from jersey cloth, cotton, coupling sugar, cup, cupboard, cupcake, cut, cut glass, cutlet, cutoff, cutter, cutter shirt, cutter shoes, cutting, kappa, raincoat). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		びようい�" (beauty parlour, hairdressing salon), まぜじゃ�"や (mahjong parlour, mah-jongg parlour), まあじゃ�"や (mahjong parlour, mah-jongg parlour), �"かいしょ (commercial go-playing parlour), �"かいじょ (commercial go-playing parlour), カットハウス (beauty parlour). (various references)

Manx		shamyr ghoaldagh. (various references)

Norwegian		sal (hall, lounge, saddle, salon, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Papiamen		sala (living-room, lounge, salon, salt, sitting-room), sal (lounge, salon, sitting-room). (various references)

Pig Latin		arlourpay

Polish		salon (lounge, salon, sitting-room), sala (lounge, salon, sitting-room). (various references)

Portuguese		salão (fair, hall, lounge, parlor, salon, saloon). (various references)

Romanian		parloar (parlor), salonaş (parlor), salon modest (parlor), salon (drawing room, hall, house-place, keeping room, lounge, salon, saloon, show room, sitting room, sitting-room, state room), camerã de toate zilele (parlor), camerã de primire (parlor), cabinet (cabinet, chamber, closet, government, office, parlor, study), atelier (manufactory, parlor, shed, shop, studio, workhouse, workroom, works, workshop). (various references)

Russian		гостиная (drawing room, keeping room, keeping-room, living room, living-room, parlor, reception room, reception-room, salon, sitting room, sitting-room), зал (common-room, floor of, hall, lounge, parlor, sala, salle, salon, saloon, saloon car, saloon carriage). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		soba za posete (parlor, reception room), radnja (act, action, deed, doing, parlor, shop, store). (various references)

Spanish		salón (drawing room, fair, lounge, parlor, salon, saloon, show, sitting room), sala de recibir (parlor), locutorio (auditorium, parlor). (various references)

Swedish		vardagsrum (bed sitter, bed-sitter, living room, lounge, morning-room, parlor, sitting room, sitting-room), salong (auditorium, drawing room, drawing-room, house, keeping room, lounge, parlor, salon, saloon, sitting-room). (various references)

Turkish		salon (drawing room, hall, hippodrome, living room, lounge, parlor, salon, saloon, sitting room), oturma odası (living room, parlor, sitting room). (various references)

Ukranian		невеликий зал (parlor), маленька вітальня (parlor), приймальня (antechamber, parlor, waiting room). (various references)

Vietnamese		học sinh lưu trú ở ngay gia đình ông hiệu trưởng (parlor-boarder, parlour-boarder), cô hầu b� n (parlor-maid, parlour-maid). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 14, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai autoV umin deixei anwgeon mega estrwmenon etoimon ekei etoimasate hmin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ipse vobis demonstrabit cenaculum grande stratum et illic parate nobis
Old English	990	West Saxon	And he inc ge-swuteleð micele hallege-þefte. & ge-gerewiað us þare.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And he schal schewe to you a grete soupyng place arayed, and there make ye redi to vs.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he will shewe you a greate parlour paved and prepared: there make ready for vs.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.
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Language	Mark Chapter 14, Verse 15
Bulgarian	И той ще ви посочи една голяма горна стая, постлана и готова; там ни пригответе.
Cebuano	Ug iyang ipakita kaninyo ang usa ka dakung lawak sa itaas, nga sinangkapan ug andam na; paghikay kamo didto alang kanato."
Chinese	他必指給 � 們 �"� 設整齊的一 �" 大 �" 、 � 們就在那裡為我們豫備。
Croatian	I on æe vam pokazati na katu veliko blagovalište, prostrto i spremljeno. Ondje nam pripravite."
Danish	Og han skal vise eder en stor Sal, opdækket og rede; og der skulle I berede det for os."
Dutch	En hij zal u wijzen een grote opperzaal, toegerust en gereed; bereidt het ons aldaar.
Finnish	Ja hän näyttää teille suuren huoneen yläkerrassa, valmiiksi laitetun; valmistakaa meille sinne."
French	Et il vous montrera une grande chambre haute, meublée et toute prête: c`est l� que vous nous préparerez la Pâque.
Gaelic	Agus fiachaidh e dhuibh seomar-bidh farsuinn lan-uidheamaichte; deasaichibh an sin dhuinn.
German	Und er wird euch einen großen Saal zeigen, der mit Polstern versehen und bereit ist; daselbst richtet für uns zu.
Haitian Creole	La moutre nou yon gwo chanm, tou pare tou meble, anwo kay la. Se la n'a pare manje Delivrans lan pou nou tout.
Hungarian	És õ mutat néktek egy nagy vacsoráló házat berendezve, készen: ott készítsétek el nékünk.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Orang itu akan menunjukkan kepadamu sebuah ruangan atas yang besar. Ruangan itu sudah teratur, lengkap dengan perabotannya. Siapkanlah semuanya di sana untuk kita."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka ia pun akan menunjukkan kepadamu suatu bilik besar di atas, yang terlengkap dengan indahnya, di sana sediakanlah Pasah itu bagi kita."
Italian	Egli vi mostrer� al piano superiore una grande sala con i tappeti, gia pronta; l� preparate per noi».
Korean	그 리 하 면 자 리 를 � �'� � 예 비 된 큰 다 락 방 을 보 이 리 니 거 기 서 우 리 를 위 하 여 예 비 하 라' 하 � 대
Latvian	Un viòð jums ierâdîs iekârtotu lielu istabu; un tur sagatavojiet mums.
Maori	A mana tonu e whakaatu ki a korua he ruma nui i runga, oti rawa te whariki, te whakapai: hei reira taka ai ma tatou.
Modern Greek	Και αυτος θελει σας δειξει ανωγεον μεγα εστρωμενον ετοιμον· εκει ετοιμασατε εις ημας.
Norwegian	Og han skal vise eder en stor sal, som står ferdig med benker og hynder, og der skal I gjøre det i stand for oss.
Portuguese	E ele vos mostrará um grande cenáculo mobiliado e pronto; aí fazei-nos os preparativos.
Rumanian	Wi are sq vq arate o odaie mare de sus, awternutq gata: acolo sq pregqtiyi pentru noi.``
Russian	й ПО � ПЛБЦЕФ ЧБН ЗПТОЙ�"Х �'ПМШЫХА, ХУФМБООХА, ЗПФПЧХА: ФБН � ТЙЗПФПЧШФЕ ОБН.
Shuar	Nu nérentin, Yakí Písunam uunt tesamunam Ashí iwiaramun iniakturmastatrume. Nui Jísat ii najanatin iwiaratarum" Tímiayi.
Spanish	Y él os mostrará un gran aposento alto ya dispuesto y preparado. Preparad allí para nosotros.
Swahili	Naye atawaonyesha chumba kikubwa ghorofani kilichotayarishwa na kupambwa. Tuandalieni humo."
Swedish	Då skall han visa eder en stor sal i övre våningen, tillredd och ordnad för måltid; reden till åt oss där."
Thai	เจ้าของเรือนจะชี้ให้ท่านเห็นห้องใหญ่ชั้นบนที่ตกแต่งไว้แล้ว ที่นั่นแหละ จงจั�"เตรียมไว้สำหรับพวกเราเถิ�""
Ukrainian	І він вам покаже великую горницю, вистелену та готову: там приготуйте для нас.
Uma	Pue' tomi toe mpai' mpotudo' -kokoi hameha' kamar to hi lolo-na to bohe. Kamar toe teporodo ami' -mi, hono' -mi rewa-na. Hi retu-mokoi mpai' mporodo-taka pongkoni' Paskah-ta."
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "parlour": parlours. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "parlour" (pronounced pÄ"rler)
5	p Ä" r l er	parlor.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-l-o-p-r-r-u"
	-1 letter: larrup, parlor, uproar.
	-2 letters: parol, polar, rural.
	-3 letters: loup, lour, opal, oral, orra, parr, pour, prao, prau, proa, pula, purl, purr, roar, roup.
	-4 letters: alp, lap, lar, lop, oar, ora, our, pal, par, pol, pro, pul, pur, rap, upo.
	-5 letters: al, ar, la, lo, op, or, pa, up.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-o-p-r-r-u"
	+1 letter: parlours, procural, sporular.
	+2 letters: fluorspar, opercular, procurals.
	+3 letters: fluorspars, operculars, pourparler, procedural, procurable, pronuclear.
	+4 letters: circumpolar, corpuscular, leprosarium, popularizer, pourparlers, procedurals, proconsular, promulgator, provascular, purgatorial, rapturously, reproachful, supernormal.
	+5 letters: burglarproof, fluorography, hyperarousal, leprosariums, perambulator, popularizers, precariously, preformulate, preovulatory, procedurally, promulgators, repopularize, supraorbital, uproariously.
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