palabre

See also: palabré

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palabra, from Latin parabola. Doublet of parole and parabole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.labʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

palabre m (plural palabres)

1. convoluted discussion
2. (in the plural) palaver

Derived terms

• arbre à palabres
• palabrer

Verb

palabre

1. inflection of palabrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “palabre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• parable