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parlata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • argot noun A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
  • cant noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
  • idiom noun A phrase whose meaning can't be worked out just from the words in it, such as "kick the bucket."
  • parlance noun The particular way of speaking or set of terms used by a certain group, trade, or field.
  • vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.

Senses

parlata is used for these senses in English:

  • argot The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
  • cant (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  • idiom A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
  • parlance A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
  • vernacular The language of a people or a national language.
  • vernacular Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
  • vernacular Language unique to a particular group of people.

argot — full definition

  1. noun A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
  2. noun The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
  3. noun A strongly marked style of speaking.

cant — full definition

  1. noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
  2. noun Insincere or hypocritical talk, especially moralizing speech.
  3. noun A tilt, slope, or angled position.
  4. verb To tilt or set something at an angle.

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