Parlour (or parlor), from the French word parloir, from parler (""to speak""), denotes an ""audience chamber"". In parts of the United Kingdom and the United States, parlours are common names for certain types of food service houses, restaurants or special service areas, such as tattoo parlours. Thus, ""parlor"" appears to be used as a term denoting ""a social space""; prefixes such as ""pizza"", ""tattoo"", ""billiard"", or ""betting"" describe the setting's other most notable aspect -- beyond socializing.