how to pronounce parlour

/ˈpɑː.ləɹ/

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parlour is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

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An example use of parlour in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… description of the breakfast parlour was …”

meaning of parlour

A parlor is a room in a house where people can relax and chat.

parlour frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word parlour occurs in english on average 5.4 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 parlour 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 parlour can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;