parlance

noun
UK: /ˈpɑːləns/
US: /ˈpɑːrləns/

  1. A way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to a particular group of people.

    1. Legal parlance is hard to follow.
    2. In medical parlance, that condition is termed 'idiopathic', referring to unknown origins within their unique parlance.

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The phonetic transcription of "parlance" is /ˈpɑːləns/ in British English and /ˈpɑːrləns/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

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Example usage of "parlance": "Legal parlance is hard to follow.". More examples on the page.