pareil
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle French pareil, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pariclus (compare Catalan parell, Greek παρέα (paréa), Italian parecchio, Occitan parelh, Romanian pereche, Spanish parejo), from contraction of *pariculus, a diminutive of Latin pār.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
pareil (feminine singular pareille, masculine plural pareils, feminine plural pareilles)
- such
- Je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille.
- I've never seen such a thing.
- like, alike, same
- Les chauves-souris voletaient en silence, pareilles à des ombres inquiètes.
- Bats flutter in silence like worried shadows.
- Il est pareil à son père. (Quebec)
- He's like his father.
Usage notesEdit
The adjective is often placed before the noun in formal style: un pareil crime, whereas un crime pareil sounds more natural.
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Further readingEdit
- “pareil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).