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parlances

noun

plural of parlance
as in vernacularisms
formal the manner of speech used by a particular group of people In military parlance, "bug out" means "to retreat." They spoke the parlance of those in the technology industry.

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  1. dialects
  2. languages
  3. idioms
Noun
  • What used to be two entirely separate compliance projects is starting to look like two dialects of the same emerging language.
    — Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That leaves countless other languages and dialects, even those spoken by tens of millions of people, by the wayside.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialects
Noun
  • The teachers need to be certified in elementary education, fluent in Spanish and certified to teach students who speak other languages, Jackson said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Tourists speaking several languages, some wearing foam Statue of Liberty crowns, filled the seats; Quan made his way to an upper-deck railing.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of languages
Noun
  • Cinema is, after all, a language, and Belgian filmmakers come from a country built on the need to understand language as a bridge—between its regions, its people, and its idioms.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.
    — Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
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“Parlances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlances. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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