parvis
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English parvis, parvise, parvys, borrowed from Old French parvis, parevis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Used in the Middle Ages to describe the court in front of St Peter's in Rome, and later similar courts in front of other churches. Doublet of paradise.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparvis (plural parvises)
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom par (“pair”) + -vis (“-wise”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editparvis (neuter parvis or parvist, plural and definite singular attributive parvise)
Adverb
editparvis
- pairwise, in pairs, two by two
Synonyms
edit- (adverb): parvist
Estonian
editNoun
editparvis
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French parvis, parevis, from Late Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of paradis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparvis m (plural parvis)
Further reading
edit- “parvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editLatin
editAdjective
editparvīs
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editAdverb
editparvis
References
edit- “parvis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editAdverb
editparvis
References
edit- “parvis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editparvis (not comparable)
Declension
editInflection of parvis | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | parvis | — | — |
Neuter singular | parvist | — | — |
Plural | parvisa | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | parvise | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | parvise | — | — |
All | parvisa | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Adverb
editparvis (not comparable)
- pairwise, in pairs, two by two
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Danish terms suffixed with -vis
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish terms with rare senses
- Danish adverbs
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- French doublets
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
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- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -vis
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adverbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -vis
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adverbs
- Swedish terms suffixed with -vis
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish uncomparable adjectives
- Swedish adverbs