paroisse
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French, from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparoisse f (plural paroisses)
- parish
- 2008, Jean-Marc Moriceau, La bête du Gévaudan:
- Habitués à ne guère sortir d’un cercle de quelques paroisses environnantes, surtout en cette saison d’hiver, quelle raison auraient-ils eu à distinguer entre plusieurs animaux agresseurs ?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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editFurther reading
edit- “paroisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editNoun
editparoisse f (plural paroisses)
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparoisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural paroisses, nominative singular paroisse, nominative plural paroisses)
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