Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PARLANDO; PARLANTE
Par *lan "do, Par *lan "te, a. & adv. Etym: [It. ] (Mus. )
Defn: Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
New American Oxford Dictionary
parlando
par lan do |pärˈländō pɑːˈlandəʊ |Music ▶adverb & adjective (with reference to singing ) expressive or declamatory in the manner of speech. ▶noun composition or performance in this manner: the high-lying parlando of Siegfried's narration. ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘speaking. ’
Oxford Dictionary
parlando
parlando |pɑːˈlandəʊ |Music ▶adverb & adjective (with reference to singing ) expressive or declamatory in the manner of speech. ▶noun [ mass noun ] composition or performance in a parlando manner. ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘speaking ’.
Duden Dictionary
parlando
par lan do Adverb Musik |parl a ndo |italienisch, zu: parlare = sprechen (vom Gesang ) rhythmisch exakt und mit Tongebung, dem Sprechen nahekommend
Parlando
Par lan do Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , das |Parl a ndo |das Parlando; Genitiv: des Parlandos, Plural: die Parlandos und Parlandi parlando vorgetragener Gesang, Sprechgesang
The Wordsmith Dictionary