parato
See also: Parato
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin parātus (“preparation, provision”, fourth declension)
Noun edit
parato m (plural parati)
- decorative drape or curtain
- fabric wall covering
- (uncommon, Christianity) vestment
- Synonym: paramento
- (nautical, shipbuilding) wooden beam running transversely above the slipways, supporting a deck for launching a ship
- (nautical) tallow-coated beam for launching or hauling ashore a boat
- (construction) flattened beam over which lizze (stone-slab-transporting sleds) slide, in marble quarries
Derived terms edit
- carta da parati (“wallpaper”)
See also edit
- lizza (“sled for transporting blocks of stone from a quarry”)
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
parato (feminine parata, masculine plural parati, feminine plural parate)
- past participle of parare
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
parātō
Participle edit
parātō