Parloir (en. Parlor)

/paʁlwaʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Place, often in a correctional facility, where inmates can meet outside individuals.

Visits take place in a parloir.

Les visites se déroulent dans un parloir.

Set of devices to communicate between two people, usually through a glass.

He spent hours in the parloir waiting for his visit.

Il a passé des heures dans le parloir à attendre sa visite.

In some religious institutions, a room where confessions or counsel are received.

The priest has a parloir to welcome penitents.

Le prêtre a un parloir pour accueillir les pénitents.

Derived from the verb 'parler' with the suffix '-oir'; therefore, it designates a place of communication.

go to the parloir

To go to a meeting place to communicate with an inmate.

aller au parloir

judicial parloir

Parloir specifically intended for lawyers and clients.

parloir judiciaire

prison parloir

Meeting space in a correctional facility.

parloir de prison

visit

Action of visiting, especially an inmate.

visite

inmate

Incarcerated person.

détenu

communication

Exchange of information between two people.

communication

Red parloir

Used to refer to a particularly strict parloir.

Utilisé pour désigner un parloir particulièrement strict.

Listening room

Term sometimes used for the parloir where the conversation is monitored.

Terme parfois utilisé pour le parloir où on surveille la conversation.