paragraaf

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”) " from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːf
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧graaf

Noun

paragraaf m (plural paragrafen, diminutive paragraafje n)

1. (typography) section, a subdivision of a chapter, usually consisting of multiple paragraphs

See also

• alinea (“paragraph”)