parato

See also: Parato

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin parātus (“preparation, provision”, fourth declension)

Noun

parato m (plural parati)

1. decorative drape or curtain
2. fabric wall covering
3. (uncommon, Christianity) vestment

   Synonym: paramento

4. (nautical, shipbuilding) wooden beam running transversely above the slipways, supporting a deck for launching a ship
5. (nautical) tallow-coated beam for launching or hauling ashore a boat
6. (construction) flattened beam over which lizze (stone-slab-transporting sleds) slide, in marble quarries

Derived terms

• carta da parati (“wallpaper”)

See also

• lizza (“sled for transporting blocks of stone from a quarry”)

Etymology 2

Participle

parato (feminine parata, masculine plural parati, feminine plural parate)

1. past participle of parare

Anagrams

• atropa, oprata, rapato

Latin

Verb

parātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of parō

Participle

parātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of parātus