how to pronounce palaver

/pəˈlɑː.vəɹ/

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palaver is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of palaver

noun:

Talk intended to deceive.
A village council meeting.
Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter.
Fuss.
Disagreement.
A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.

verb:

To discuss with much talk.
To flatter.

palaver frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word palaver occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics palaver can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that palaver can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;