English Dictionary

parleyvoo

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌpɑː.liˈvuː/

名詞

古語

The French language, especially as understood by an English person. / (now rare) A French person.

日本語の意味

イギリス人が理解するフランス語 / （現在は稀な用法）フランス人

At the countryside inn, the old mariner amused everyone by reciting a love poem in parleyvoo.

田舎の宿で、老海員はフランス語で恋の詩を朗読して皆を楽しませた。

意味（1）

The French language, especially as understood by an English person.

Lynch. Let him alone. He's back from Paris […] Zoe. O go on! Give us some parleyvoo.

意味（2）

(now rare) A French person.

[O]ne of these d—d Parlivoos will go farther with some women in a day, than an Englishman in a month—all owing to their impudence; for a common man has as much impudence in France as a man-midwife has in England.

parleyvoos （ plural ）