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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Palavering.]
     To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or
     deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver
     artfully.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Palavering the little language for her benefit. --C.
                                                    Bront['e]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L.
     parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See
     Parable.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk
        intended to deceive; flattery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a
        public conference and deliberation; a debate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
                                                    --Carlyle.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, n. [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  palaver
       n 1: flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment, cajolery]
       2: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: hot
          air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric]
       v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
            [syn: chatter, piffle, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle,
             clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle,
             blabber, gabble]
       2: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
          flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle,
           cajole, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle]
       3: have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of
          different backgrounds

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  palaver
     n.
     1 (lb en Africa) A village council meeting.
     2 (lb en North America, archaic British) talk, especially unnecessary
  talk; chatter. (century: 18)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To discuss with much talk.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Palaver
     German n.
     n palaver; idle talk

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  palaver
     n.
     1 (lb en Africa) A village council meeting.
     2 (lb en North America, archaic British) talk, especially unnecessary
  talk; chatter. (century: 18)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To discuss with much talk.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  palaver
     n.
     1 (lb en Africa) A village council meeting.
     2 (lb en North America, archaic British) talk, especially unnecessary
  talk; chatter. (century: 18)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To discuss with much talk.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Palaver
     German n.
     n palaver; idle talk

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  palaver
     n.
     1 (lb en Africa) A village council meeting.
     2 (lb en North America, archaic British) talk, especially unnecessary
  talk; chatter. (century: 18)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To discuss with much talk.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Palaver
     German n.
     n palaver; idle talk

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  palaver
     n.
     1 en mer eller mindre oordnad och animerad diskussion
     2 (tagg: text=i Finland även) ett kortare helt sakligt möte

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Palaver
     Tyska n.
     palaver

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  palaver
     n.
     1 en mer eller mindre oordnad och animerad diskussion
     2 (tagg: text=i Finland även) ett kortare helt sakligt möte

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-ell ]

  Palaver /paˈlaːvɐ/ 
  φλυαρίες
  endlos scheinendes, meist ergebnisloses Gespräch, Debatte, Verhandlung

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Palaver /pˈɑlɑːvɜ/ 
  rap 
     Synonym: Geplapper
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Palaver /pˈɑlɑːvɜ/ 
  palaver 
     Synonyms: Gerede, Geschwätz, Theater
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Palaver /pˈɑlɑːvɜ/ 
  patter 
     Synonyms: Gerede, Gelaber, Geplapper, Geschwafel, Schwadronieren, Schwadronade, Gebabbel
  
   see: Verkaufsgerede, Verkaufsgelaber, Verkaufsgeschwafel
  

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  Palaver /paˈlaːvɐ/ 
  cháchara
  endlos scheinendes, meist ergebnisloses Gespräch, Debatte, Verhandlung

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Palaver /paˈlaːvɐ/ 
  palaver
  endlos scheinendes, meist ergebnisloses Gespräch, Debatte, Verhandlung

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  palaver //pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)// 
  празни приказки
  unnecessary talk, chatter

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  nepříjemnosti

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  komplikace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  dohadování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  lichocení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  pochlebování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  tlachání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  žvanění

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/
  Gerede , Geschwätz , Theater  [übtr.] , Palaver 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  schmeicheln 
   see: palavering, palavered, palavers, palavered
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  palaver //pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)// 
  1. erimielisyys, eripura
  disagreement
  2. palaveri
  meeting with much talk
  3. ruljanssi, sählinki, sähläys
  mentally-draining activity
  4. sumutus
  talk intended to deceive
  5. jäkätys, kälätys, pulina, turpakäräjät
  unnecessary talk, chatter

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/ 
  1. बकवाद
        "Now stop the palaver,let's come to the main point. "
        "अब बकवाद समाप्त करो, हमें सारवस्तु पर आना चाहिये."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/
  brbljanje, laskanje, raspravljanje, razgovor, ulagivati se

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/
  1. üres beszéd
  2. fecsegés
  3. tárgyalás

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  palaver /pɐlˈɑːvə/
  1. laf boş lakırdı, palavra
  2. pohpohlama, (slang) yağ çekme
  3. yerlilerle turistler arasındaki görüşme
  4. boş laf etmek, palavra atmak
  5. yaltaklanmak.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  palaver
  palaver

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ˈpɑːlɑvɐ̯/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/pal'ɑːvɛr/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  248 Moby Thesaurus words for "palaver":
     absurdity, accents, adulate, adulation, advise with, affair,
     amphigory, audience, babble, babblement, balderdash, bargain,
     bargaining, bargaining session, bavardage, beslobber, beslubber,
     bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blandish, blandishment,
     blarney, blather, blether, blethers, bombast, bother, bull session,
     bunkum, business, cackle, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, call in,
     cant, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chinfest, chitter-chatter,
     clack, claptrap, clatter, collogue, colloquium, colloquy, comment,
     compare notes, compliment, conceit, concern, conclave, confab,
     confabulate, confabulation, confer, confer with, conference,
     confrontation, congress, consult, consult with, consultation,
     convention, conversation, converse, council, council fire,
     council of war, counsel, deliberate, dialogue, dictionary,
     discourse, discuss, discuss with, discussion, dither, double-talk,
     drivel, drool, duologue, elocution, exchange observations,
     exchange of views, exchange views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter,
     eyewash, fair words, fawn upon, fawning, fiddle-faddle,
     fiddledeedee, flatter, flattery, flummery, folderol, fudge,
     fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, get together,
     get-together, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on,
     gobbledygook, gossip, grease, guff, gush, have conversations,
     haver, high-level talk, hocus-pocus, hold conference,
     honeyed phrases, honeyed words, hot air, huddle, humbug, idle talk,
     incense, interchange of views, interview, jabber, jargon, jaw,
     jawing, language, lexicon, lookout, make fair weather, meet,
     meeting, mere talk, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, natter, negotiate,
     negotiations, news conference, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk,
     nuisance, occasions, oil, oil the tongue, oral communication,
     pack of nonsense, palavering, parley, parole, patter, performance,
     pour forth, pourparler, powwow, praise, prate, prating, prattle,
     prattling, press conference, pretty lies, prittle-prattle,
     procedure, put heads together, question-and-answer session,
     ramble on, rant, rap session, rapping, rattle, rattle on,
     reason with, red tape, reel off, refer to, rigamarole, rigmarole,
     rodomontade, round table, rubbish, run on, seance, seminar,
     session, shoot the breeze, sit down together, sit down with,
     sitting, skimble-skamble, slobber over, small talk, soap,
     soft soap, song and dance, speaking, speech, spout, spout off,
     stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, summit, summit conference,
     summitry, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy,
     take counsel, take up with, talk, talk away, talk nonsense,
     talk on, talk over, talkee-talkee, talkfest, talking,
     tittle-tattle, to-do, trash, trialogue, trumpery, twaddle, twattle,
     twiddle-twaddle, vaporing, vocabulary, waffle, waffling, wheedle,
     wheedling, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 谈判,交涉,洽商;
  v. 唠叨,拍马屁,用花言巧语骗人;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 谈判,交涉,洽商
     vi. 唠叨,拍马屁,用花言巧语骗人
     vt. 笼络,哄骗

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