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Parley Voo - Wikipedia
Parley voo or parlay Voo is an English transliteration of French parlez-vous, part of the larger phrase parlez-vous français? meaning "do you speak French?".
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PARLEYVOO Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Parleyvoo definition: to speak French. See examples of PARLEYVOO used in a sentence.
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PARLEYVOO definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
3 senses: 1. to speak French 2. the French language 3. a Frenchman.... Click for more definitions.
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parleyvoo
▪ I. parleyvoo, n. humorous. (pɑːlɪˈvuː) Also 8 parle-vous, 9 parlez-vous, parlyvoo. [f. F. parlez-vous (parlevu) in parlez-vous fran{cced}ais? do you speak French?] 1. The French language, French; school-study of French; pl. French utterances or talk.1754 Foote Knights ii. Wks. 1799 I. 76 In comes ...
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PARLEY-VOO Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 ... the French language ... no words to spell, no sums to do … and no parley-voo ... J. R. Lowell ... 2 ... usually capitalized ... frenchman ... hardy British tars who had ...
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parleyvoo, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1700s. parleyvoo is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French parlez-vous. See etymology. Nearby entries.
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parleyvoo - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(intransitive, dated, humorous) To speak a foreign language, especially French.
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parleyvoo, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
parleyvoo n. ... 1. the French language. ... 2. (also parly) a French person; occas. thing; cit 1919 refers to the country. ... 3. incomprehensible language. ... 4. (US) ...
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parleyvoo, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
OED's earliest evidence for parleyvoo is from 1754, in the writing of Samuel Foote, actor and playwright. parleyvoo is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French ...
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Parleyvoo - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
parleyvoo(n.) colloquial for "the French language," 1754, from French parlez-vous (français?) "do you speak (French?)" From parlez, second person plural of ...
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parleyvoo, v. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
parleyvoo v. ; 1815, 'Poor Mrt Spriggs' in Vocal Mag. 1 Mar. 82: She sung, parlez vou'd, danc'd waltzes and jigs. ; 1825, [UK], 'Poor Mr Spriggs' in Universal ...
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parley
▪ I. parley, n.1 (ˈpɑːlɪ) Also 6–7 parlye, -lie, -lee, (7 -le, -lé), 6–9 parly. [Either from parley v., F. parler vb. inf. taken sbst., or a. OF. parlée, fem. n. from pa. pple. of parler to speak.] 1. Speech, speaking, talk; conversation, discourse, conference; debate, argument. (Now usually coloure...
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