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parole

/pa.ʁɔl/

noun, feminine/pa.ʁɔl/plural: paroles

parole is feminine in French.

speech, language (the faculty of using spoken language to communicate or express thought, the usage of this faculty, and the words articulated through its use); word(s) utterance, expression (an orally articulated unit of discourse); voice, spoken word; lyrics, words (of a song); promise, word

la parole et l'écriturespeech and writing

Synonyms: assurance, promesse

Inherited from Middle French parole, from Old French parole, inherited from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; (later) speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabole and palabre.

interjection/pa.ʁɔl/

swear to God!

Synonyms: ma parole, ma parole d'honneur, parole d'honneur

Inherited from Middle French parole, from Old French parole, inherited from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; (later) speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabole and palabre.