parapet

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French parapet.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt/

NounEdit

parapet (plural parapets)

1. A low retaining wall.
2. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict^[1]:

     Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.

3. A fortification consisting of a wall.

HyponymsEdit

• (low retaining wall): balustrade

Derived termsEdit

• keep one's head below the parapet

TranslationsEdit

a low retaining wall

• Catalan: ampit (ca) m
• French: parapet (fr) m
• German: Brüstung (de) f
• Irish: uchtbhalla m
• Italian: parapetto (it) m, ringhiera (it) f, spalletta f, balaustra (it) f

• Polish: murek (pl) m, gzyms (pl) m
• Portuguese: parapeito (pt) m
• Romanian: parapet (ro) n
• Russian: парапе́т (ru) m (parapét), пери́ла (ru) n pl (períla)

a fortification consisting of a wall

• French: parapet (fr) m
• German: Wehrmauer f
• Irish: uchtbharr m
• Maori: parepare, pātatara

• Polish: parapet (pl) m, przedpiersie n
• Portuguese: parapeito (pt) m
• Romanian: parapet (ro) n
• Russian: бру́ствер (ru) m (brústver)

Coordinate termsEdit

• (low retaining wall): railing

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian parapetto, from parare (“to shield”) + petto (“chest”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.pɛ/

NounEdit

parapet m (plural parapets)

1. parapet

AnagramsEdit

• appâter, apprêta

Further readingEdit

• “parapet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

NounEdit

parapet m (plural parapets)

1. (Jersey) parapet

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PolishEdit

parapet

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /paˈrapɛt/

• Audio

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NounEdit

parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)

1. sill; window sill

DeclensionEdit

declension of parapet

	singular	plural
nominative	parapet	parapety
genitive	parapetu	parapetów
dative	parapetowi	parapetom
accusative	parapet	parapety
instrumental	parapetem	parapetami
locative	parapecie	parapetach
vocative	parapecie	parapety

Derived termsEdit

• parapetówka
• parapetowy