pourparlers
English edit
Noun edit
pourparlers
- plural of pourparler
French edit
Etymology edit
Plural of pourparler, which has rarely been used in the singular since the fifteenth century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pourparlers m pl (plural only)
- parley, talks (conference to arrive at a certain agreement)
- Synonyms: négociation, tractation
- pourparlers de paix ― peace talks
- 2022 March 11, “Guerre en Ukraine : échec des pourparlers ukraino-russes en Turquie”, in Le Monde.fr[1]:
- Organisés par la Turquie, les premiers pourparlers directs, qui se sont tenus dans la station balnéaire d’Antalya, jeudi 10 mars, entre les ministres russe et ukrainien des affaires étrangères, Sergueï Lavrov et Dmytro Kuleba, ont échoué.
- Organized by Turkey, the first direct talks, which took place in the seaside resort of Antalya on Thursday 10 March, between the Russian and Ukrainian ministers of foreign affairs, Sergey Lavrov and Dmytro Kuleba, ended in failure.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pourparlers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.