parapet
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
parapet (plural parapets)
- A low protective wall.
- 2020 August 26, “Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 11:
- Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets.
- Hyponym: balustrade
- Coordinate term: railing
- 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.
- (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
- Synonym: breastwork
- 1938, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Kindle edition, London: Penguin Modern Classics, published 2003, →ISBN, page 8:
- Obviously if you have only a few days in which to train a soldier, you must teach him the things he will most need; how to take cover, how to advance across open ground, how to mount guards and build a parapet – above all, how to use his weapons.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a low retaining wall
a fortification consisting of a wall
Further readingEdit
- parapet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “parapet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
CzechEdit
NounEdit
parapet m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian parapetto, from parare (“to shield”) + petto (“chest”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
parapet m (plural parapets)
Further readingEdit
- “parapet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
NounEdit
parapet m (plural parapets)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)
- sill, windowsill
- Synonym: podokiennik
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
- (nouns) parapetówka, parapetówa
- (adjective) parapetowy