parapet
English
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Etymology
From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
Noun
parapet (plural parapets)
- A low protective wall.
- Hyponym: balustrade
- Coordinate term: railing
- Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- 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, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Kindle edition, London: Penguin Modern Classics, published 2003, →ISBN, page 8:
- 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
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
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian parapetto, from parare (“to shield”) + petto (“chest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
parapet m (plural parapets)
Further reading
- “parapet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French parapet, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian parapetto.
Noun
parapet m (plural parapets)
Polish
Etymology
From French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
Pronunciation
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
- (nouns) parapetówka, parapetówa
- (adjective) parapetowy
Further reading
- parapet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Template:R:PWN
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- Czech lemmas
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