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Where does “lommeparlør” come from?

lommeparlør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål parlør, from French parleur — talkative; speaker.

lommeparlør (Norwegian Bokmål): a small phrasebook that fits into almost any...

Definitions

  1. a small phrasebook that fits into almost any...

Ancestry of “lommeparlør”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålparløra phrase book
2Frenchparleurtalkative; speaker
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