Parlance
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- idiomatic speaking
- a certain way of speaking (or using words), especially when it comes to those with a particular job or interest.
Parlance is a word which originates from the Latin root "parl-", to speak. An utterance consistent with a language's parlance is described as idiomatic. For example, "I have hunger" is idiomatic in several European languages if translated literally (e.g. German ich habe Hunger; French j'ai faim; Spanish tengo hambre; Italian ho fame), but the usual English idiom is "I am hungry".
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