parapet
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]parapet (plural parapets)
- A low protective wall.
- Hyponym: balustrade
- Coordinate term: railing
- 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.
- Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- 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 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
- 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 terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a low retaining wall
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a fortification consisting of a wall
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Further reading
[edit]parapet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “parapet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish parapeto, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parapet m (plural parapets)
Synonyms
[edit]- (wall): ampit
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “parapet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
[edit]Noun
[edit]parapet m inan
Declension
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian parapetto, from parare (“to shield”) + petto (“chest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parapet m (plural parapets)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “parapet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Noun
[edit]parapet m (plural parapets)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)
- (architecture) sill, windowsill
- Synonym: podokiennik
Declension
[edit]Declension of parapet
singular | plural | |
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nominative | parapet | parapety |
genitive | parapetu | parapetów |
dative | parapetowi | parapetom |
accusative | parapet | parapety |
instrumental | parapetem | parapetami |
locative | parapecie | parapetach |
vocative | parapecie | parapety |
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
nouns
Further reading
[edit]- parapet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- parapet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian parapetto or French parapet or German Parapett.
Noun
[edit]parapet n (plural parapete)
Declension
[edit]Declension of parapet
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) parapet | parapetul | (niște) parapete | parapetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) parapet | parapetului | (unor) parapete | parapetelor |
vocative | parapetule | parapetelor |
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]parapet c
- a parapet
Declension
[edit]Declension of parapet | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | parapet | parapeten | parapeter | parapeterna |
Genitive | parapets | parapetens | parapeters | parapeternas |
See also
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- en:Military
- en:Walls and fences
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- nrf:Architecture
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