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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARLEYVOO

Jocular respelling of parlez-vous ( français) ? do you speak (French)?.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARLEYVOO

parleyvoo  [ˌpɑːlɪˈvuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARLEYVOO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parleyvoo is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb parleyvoo in English.

WHAT DOES PARLEYVOO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of parleyvoo in the English dictionary

The first definition of parleyvoo in the dictionary is to speak French. Other definition of parleyvoo is the French language. Parleyvoo is also a Frenchman.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PARLEYVOO

PRESENT

Present
I parleyvoo
you parleyvoo
he/she/it parleyvooes
we parleyvoo
you parleyvoo
they parleyvoo
Present continuous
I am parleyvooing
you are parleyvooing
he/she/it is parleyvooing
we are parleyvooing
you are parleyvooing
they are parleyvooing
Present perfect
I have parleyvooed
you have parleyvooed
he/she/it has parleyvooed
we have parleyvooed
you have parleyvooed
they have parleyvooed
Present perfect continuous
I have been parleyvooing
you have been parleyvooing
he/she/it has been parleyvooing
we have been parleyvooing
you have been parleyvooing
they have been parleyvooing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I parleyvooed
you parleyvooed
he/she/it parleyvooed
we parleyvooed
you parleyvooed
they parleyvooed
Past continuous
I was parleyvooing
you were parleyvooing
he/she/it was parleyvooing
we were parleyvooing
you were parleyvooing
they were parleyvooing
Past perfect
I had parleyvooed
you had parleyvooed
he/she/it had parleyvooed
we had parleyvooed
you had parleyvooed
they had parleyvooed
Past perfect continuous
I had been parleyvooing
you had been parleyvooing
he/she/it had been parleyvooing
we had been parleyvooing
you had been parleyvooing
they had been parleyvooing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will parleyvoo
you will parleyvoo
he/she/it will parleyvoo
we will parleyvoo
you will parleyvoo
they will parleyvoo
Future continuous
I will be parleyvooing
you will be parleyvooing
he/she/it will be parleyvooing
we will be parleyvooing
you will be parleyvooing
they will be parleyvooing
Future perfect
I will have parleyvooed
you will have parleyvooed
he/she/it will have parleyvooed
we will have parleyvooed
you will have parleyvooed
they will have parleyvooed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been parleyvooing
you will have been parleyvooing
he/she/it will have been parleyvooing
we will have been parleyvooing
you will have been parleyvooing
they will have been parleyvooing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would parleyvoo
you would parleyvoo
he/she/it would parleyvoo
we would parleyvoo
you would parleyvoo
they would parleyvoo
Conditional continuous
I would be parleyvooing
you would be parleyvooing
he/she/it would be parleyvooing
we would be parleyvooing
you would be parleyvooing
they would be parleyvooing
Conditional perfect
I would have parleyvoo
you would have parleyvoo
he/she/it would have parleyvoo
we would have parleyvoo
you would have parleyvoo
they would have parleyvoo
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been parleyvooing
you would have been parleyvooing
he/she/it would have been parleyvooing
we would have been parleyvooing
you would have been parleyvooing
they would have been parleyvooing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you parleyvoo
we let´s parleyvoo
you parleyvoo
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to parleyvoo
Past participle
parleyvooed
Present Participle
parleyvooing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARLEYVOO


bevue
beɪˈvuː
Bukavu
buːˈkɑːvuː
EVOO
ˈiːvuː
Kivu
ˈkiːvuː
rendezvous
ˈrɒndɪˌvuː
shivoo
ʃɪˈvuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARLEYVOO

parlance
parlando
parlay
parle
parlement
parley
parleyer
parliament
parliament building
parliament house
parliamentarian
parliamentarianism
parliamentarily
parliamentarism
parliamentary
parliamentary agent
parliamentary candidate
Parliamentary Commissioner
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
parliamentary democracy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARLEYVOO

all too
bamboo
boo
coo
doo
goo
hoo
loo
me-too
moo
roo
shampoo
taboo
tattoo
too
voodoo
Waterloo
woo
yahoo
zoo

Synonyms and antonyms of parleyvoo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parleyvoo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARLEYVOO

Find out the translation of parleyvoo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parleyvoo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parleyvoo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

parleyvoo
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parleyvoo
570 millions of speakers

English

parleyvoo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेंच भाषा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

parleyvoo
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

parleyvoo
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parleyvoo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্রান্সবাসী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parleyvoo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parleyvoo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

parleyvoo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

parleyvoo
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parleyvoo
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parleyvoo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dân Pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parleyvoo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पारलेव्हो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parleyvoo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parleyvoo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parleyvoo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

parleyvoo
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parleyvoo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

parleyvoo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Franse taal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parleyvoo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parleyvoo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parleyvoo

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARLEYVOO»

The term «parleyvoo» is used very little and occupies the 182.106 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARLEYVOO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parleyvoo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARLEYVOO»

Discover the use of parleyvoo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parleyvoo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Objects of Desire: The Madonnas of Modernism
Immediately following this exchange, Zoe asks for "some parleyvoo" (P 464). Stephen amuses them with his French marionette speech of religious and sexual drama. Horror and rapture combine in his "heaven and hell show" (U 465).
Beryl Schlossman, 1999
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Cesare Pavese and Anthony Chiuminatto: Their Correspondence
Parleyvoo – Dal francese 'parlez-vous' che si usa da noi per dire una ' conversazione' 'a talk' come fra amici! Per esempio, se lei vedesse ad un angolo della via dei suoi amici che stanno parlando fra loro potrebbe intromettersi e dire 'Hello, ...
Cesare Pavese, Mark Pietralunga, 2007
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Prob. ex perky, parky, characteristic of a park; cf. dial. parkin, ginger-bread. parleyvoo . Occ. parlyvoo, parl(e)y-vous, parlezvous. The French language: coll: 1754, Foote, 'A French fellow...with his muff and parlevous.' 2. The stusy of French: ...
Eric Partridge, 2003
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
And I wager in their joy They kissed each others cheek (Which is what them furriners do) And they blessed their lucky stars We were hardy British tars Who had pity on a poor Parleyvoo, D'ye see? Who had pity on a poor Parleyvoo. ballad: first, ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
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Fighting Songs and Warring Words: Popular Lyrics of Two ...
There are a great many variations on what is effectively a rhymed couplet with thefirst line repeated twice (interspersed withtherefrain 'parleyvoo')and almost unlimited extension, as also with 'The Quartermaster's Stores', where the format is  ...
Brian Murdoch, 2002
6
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
(common). — 1.The teeth: seeGrinders.—Grose (1785). 2. (common). — The neck of mutton. Parleyvoo, sub. (school).—The conventional school study and use of theFrench language :hence,as verb — to speak French ; to talk gibberish. 1837.
Anonymous
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Ulysses
parleyvoo. (Stephen claps hat on head and leaps over to the fireplace where hestands with shrugged shoulders, finny hands outspread, a painted smile on his face.) LYNCH: (Oommelling on the sofa) Rmm Rmm Rmm Rrrrrrmmmm.
James Joyce, 2014
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James Joyce Complete Collection - Dubliners A Portrait of ...
parleyvoo. (Stephen claps hat on head and leaps over to the fireplace where he stands with shrugged shoulders, finny hands outspread, a painted smile on his face.) LYNCH: (Oommelling on the sofa) Rmm Rmm Rmm Rrrrrrmmmm.
James Joyce
9
Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)
Up the road from the other way jogs Parleyvoo Pickens in a gig, dressed in black, white necktie, long face, sniffing his nose, emitting a spurious kind of noise resembling the long meter doxology. “B'jinks!” says farmer, “if thar ain't a preacher  ...
O. Henry, 2013
10
Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)
He'sback from Paris. ZOE: (Runs to stephen andlinkshim) O goon! Give ussome parleyvoo. (Stephen clapshat onhead and leaps over tothefireplace where he stands with shrugged shoulders, finny hands outspread, a painted smileon his face.) ...
James Joyce, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARLEYVOO»

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Suite Francaise - film review: Michelle Williams touching in poor …
How are you with the old parleyvoo? Not so hot? Suite Française, the latest movie about France under the Occupation, neither. There's a long ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»

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