parley-voo
1 of 2noun
¦pärlē¦vü
plural -s
1
: the French language
no words to spell, no sums to do … and no parley-voo
J. R. Lowell
J. R. Lowell2
usually capitalized : frenchman
hardy British tars who had pity on a poor Parley-voo W. S. Gilbert
W. S. Gilbertparley-voo
2 of 2intransitive verb
"
-ed/-ing/-s
: talk
especially : to speak French or another language besides English
nice to stop and parley-voo a second Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis 
Word History
Etymology
Noun
French parlez-vous do you speak (in parlez-vous français? do you speak French?)
Intransitive verb
French parlez-vous