English Dictionary

palaver

IPA（発音記号）

/pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)/

名詞

アフリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞 イギリス英語 北米英語 古語 イギリス英語 くだけた表現

(Africa) A village council meeting. / (North America, archaic British) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from 18th c.] / (Britain) Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss.

日本語の意味

（アフリカ）村の評議会、会合 / （北米、古英語由来）無駄な会話、雑談 / （英国）精神的に消耗させる活動、疲労を引き起こす作業

The village elders gathered for a palaver under the baobab tree to settle the boundary dispute.

村の長老たちは境界の争いを解決するために、バオバブの木の下で村の評議会を開いた。

意味（1）

(Africa) A village council meeting.

Here we remained four days, on account of a palaver which was held on the following occasion.

意味（2）

(North America, archaic British) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from 18th c.]

Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour—foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of.

意味（3）

(Britain) Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss.

What a palaver!

意味（4）

A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.

this country and epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers

意味（5）

(informal) Disagreement.

I have no palaver with him.

意味（6）

Talk intended to deceive. [from 19th c.]

palavers （ plural ）