Meanings
proper noun
- An online social networking service.
Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.
2021 February 15, Jack Nicas, “Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2021
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekπαρα- (para-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekπαραβάλλω (parabállō)
- Ancient Greekπαραβολή (parabolḗ)
- Latinparabola
- Latinparabolāre
- Old Frenchparler
- Middle Frenchparler
- Frenchparler
- EnglishParler
Borrowed from French parler (“to speak”).
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Cite this entry
APA
Parler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parler
MLA
“Parler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Parler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parler.
Source: Parler on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.