parlancen.[OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See Parley.] Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.()A hate of gossip parlance and of sway. (Tennyson.)a. & adv.[It.] (Mus.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.()