parapet
English
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Modern parapet around a New York City rooftop (2)
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A parapet on a trench made of sandbags (3)
Etymology
From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
parapet (plural parapets)
- A low protective wall.
- 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.
- Hyponym: balustrade
- Coordinate term: railing
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- Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict:
- 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.
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- (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
- Synonym: breastwork
- 1938, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg:
- 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
- keep one's head below the parapet
Translations
a low retaining wall
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a fortification consisting of a wall
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Further reading
parapet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “parapet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Czech
Noun
parapet m inan
- windowsill, parapet
Declension
Declension of parapet
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | parapet | parapety |
genitive | parapetu | parapetů |
dative | parapetu | parapetům |
accusative | parapet | parapety |
vocative | parapete | parapety |
locative | parapetu | parapetech |
instrumental | parapetem | parapety |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian parapetto, from parare (“to shield”) + petto (“chest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.pɛ/
Noun
parapet m (plural parapets)
- parapet
Further reading
- “parapet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- appâter, apprêta
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Noun
parapet m (plural parapets)
- (Jersey) parapet
Polish
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parapet
Etymology
Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈra.pɛt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -apɛt
- Syllabification: pa‧ra‧pet
Noun
parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)
- sill, windowsill
- Synonym: podokiennik
Declension
Declension of parapet
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | parapet | parapety |
genitive | parapetu | parapetów |
dative | parapetowi | parapetom |
accusative | parapet | parapety |
instrumental | parapetem | parapetami |
locative | parapecie | parapetach |
vocative | parapecie | parapety |
Derived terms
adjective
- parapetowy
nouns
- parapetówa
- parapetówka
Further reading
- parapet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- parapet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian parapetto or French parapet or German Parapett.
Noun
parapet n (plural parapete)
- parapet
Declension
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 |