pare-brise

French

Etymology

From parer +‎ brise. Compare Spanish parabrisas, Italian parabrezza, Portuguese para-brisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.bʁiz/

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Noun

pare-brise m (plural pare-brise)

1. windscreen (UK), windshield (US)

Descendants

• → Armenian: պարբրիս (parbris)
• → Romanian: parbriz
• → Greek: παρμπρίζ (parmpríz)

Further reading

• “pare-brise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.