parcen
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably a back-formation from parcener, from Old French parçonier, from parçon, parcion (“part, portion”), from Latin partītiō (“a division”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsɪn/, /ˈpɑːsn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹsən/, /ˈpɑɹsn̩/
- Hyphenation: par‧cen
- Homophone: parson (some accents)
Verb edit
parcen (third-person singular simple present parcens, present participle parcening, simple past and past participle parcened)
Further reading edit
- “† parcen, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, April 2015.