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The French word for to talk is
parler





to talk

French Definition


talk
     1. n. Conversation.
           Why don't the two of us sit down and have a talk?
           Pourquoi ne nous assiérions-nous pas pour discuter tous les deux ?
     2. n. Discours.
           The scientist gave a talk before his colleagues.
           Le scientifique fit un discours devant ses collègues.
     3. n. Conférence, cours magistral.
           There's a talk about Shakespeare on tonight.
           Il y a une conférence sur Shakespeare ce soir.
     4. v. Parler.
     5. v. Converser.



Translations for talk and their definitions

discussion
     1. n-f. debate, argument (a civil exchange of contradictory points of view)
           La discussion est close.
     2. n-f. argument, (verbal) fight, row (a vivid, uncivil exchange of emotional points of view)
     3. n-f. (colloquial) conversation, discussion (an exchange of words neither contradictory nor conflictual)


parler
     1. v. to speak, talk
           Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. - He began to speak at the age of four.
           Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. - They spoke several hours before going to sleep.
     2. v. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak
           Elle parle couramment français. - She speaks French fluently
     3. v. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name
           Armes parlantes.
     4. v. takes a reflexive pronoun
           se parler à soi-même - to talk to oneself
     5. n-m. parlance
     6. n-m. vernacular, dialect


pourparlers
     1. n. parley, talks (conference to arrive at a certain agreement)
           pourparlers de paix - peace talks


conférence
     1. n-f. conference
     2. n-f. lecture; talk


discours
     1. n-m. oral presentation; discourse; speech; oration


négociations
     1. n. plural of négociation


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