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
- noun A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
- noun The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
- noun A strongly marked style of speaking.
cant — full definition
- noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
- noun Insincere or hypocritical talk, especially moralizing speech.
- noun A tilt, slope, or angled position.
- verb To tilt or set something at an angle.