parlor

Other forms of parlor

plural

parlors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parlor

What does parlor mean?

parlor means "reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parlor?

parlor has 2 syllables: par-lor. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹlɚ/.

What is another word for parlor?

Close synonyms include parlour, living room, living-room, sitting room, front room. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parlor a common word?

parlor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with parlor?

1 word rhymes with parlor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.