English-Thai Dictionary

palaver

N การ พูด เรื่องไร้สาระ  idle chat unnecessary kan-phud-rai-sa-ra

 

palaver

N การ เจรจา  conference discussion kan-jea-ra-ja

 

palaver

VI พูดจา ไร้สาระ  flatter phud-ja-rai-sa-ra

 

palaver

VI เจรจา  ถกเถียง  แลก เปลี่ยนความคิด เห็น  confer jea-ra-ja

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PALAVER

n. 1. Idle talk.
2. Flattery; adulation. [This is used with us in the vulgar dialect. ]
3. Talk; conversation; conference; a sense used in Africa, as appears by the relations of missionaries.

 

PALAVER

v.t.To flatter. [In vulgar use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALAVER

Pa *la "ver, n. Etym: [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a comparison, a parable, LL. , a word. See Parable. ]

 

1. Talk; conversation; esp. , idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.

 

2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.

 

PALAVER

Pa *la "ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p. pr. & vb. n.Palavering.]

 

Defn: To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. Palavering the little language for her benefit. C. Bront

 

PALAVERER

PALAVERER Pa *la "ver *er, n.

 

Defn: One who palavers; a flatterer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

palaver

pa lav er |pəˈlavər, -ˈläv -pəˈlævər pəˈlɑvər | ▶noun prolonged and idle discussion: an hour of aimless palaver. • dated a parley or improvised conference between two sides. ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk unnecessarily at length: it's too hot for palavering. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘a talk between tribespeople and traders ’): from Portuguese palavra ‘word, ’ from Latin parabola ‘comparison ’ (see parable ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

palaver

palaver |pəˈlɑːvə | informal ▶noun [ mass noun ] prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion: mucking around with finances and all that palaver. • [ count noun ] (in Africa ) a parley or improvised conference between two sides. ▶verb [ no obj. ] talk unnecessarily and at length: it's too hot for palavering. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘a talk between tribespeople and traders ’): from Portuguese palavra ‘word ’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison ’ (see parable ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

palaver

palaver noun informal holy cow, what a palaver we caused in the girls' dormitory! fuss, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol; informal song and dance, performance, to-do, carrying-on, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

palaver

palaver noun what was all that palaver about? fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol, ado; informal song and dance, performance, to-do, carry-on, carrying-on, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, business, pantomime, hoopla; NZ informal bobsy-die. ▶verb don't stand there palavering all day: chatter, gossip, prattle, prate, babble, blather, blether, blither, maunder, gabble, jabber, tittle-tattle; Scottish & Irish slabber; informal chit-chat, jaw, gas, gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter; Brit. informal natter, rabbit, witter, chunter, waffle, chinwag; archaic twaddle, clack.

 

Duden Dictionary

Palaver

Pa la ver Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Pal a ver |das Palaver; Genitiv: des Palavers, Plural: die Palaver englisch palaver, über ein Wort einer afrikanischen Sprache mit der Bedeutung »religiöse oder gerichtliche Versammlung « < portugiesisch palavra = Wort; Erzählung < lateinisch parabola, Parabel 1 umgangssprachlich abwertend endloses wortreiches, meist überflüssiges Gerede; nicht enden wollendes Verhandeln, Hin-und-her-Gerede ein großes, langes Palaver [um etwas ] machen 2 landschaftlich Geschrei, Gelärme

 

palavern

pa la vern schwaches Verb umgangssprachlich abwertend |pal a vern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « sich lange in wortreichem, meist überflüssigem Gerede ergehen; lange, oft fruchtlose Verhandlungen führen mit jemandem über etwas palavern

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

palaver

pa lav er /pəlɑ́ːvə r , ｟米 ｠-lǽv -/名詞 1 U ｟くだけて ｠おしゃべり, むだ話 .2 U ｟くだけて ｠うまいおだて, おべっか, 口車 .3 U ｟くだけて ｠わずらわしさ ; ｟俗 ｠事, 用事 .4 C ｟古 ｠話し合い, 交渉 .動詞 自動詞 «…を » ぺらぺら話す «on » .他動詞 …をおだてる, 甘言でだます .