Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Shortened from German Parenthese.[1] Compare English paren.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

パーレン (pāren

  1. a parenthesis (either of a pair of brackets ( ))

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN