parcen
English
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from parcener, borrowed from Old French parçonier, from parçon, parcion (“part, portion”), from Latin partītiō (“a division”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsɪn/, /ˈpɑːsn̩/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹsən/, /ˈpɑɹsn̩/
- Hyphenation: par‧cen
- Homophone: parson (some accents)
Verb
parcen (third-person singular simple present parcens, present participle parcening, simple past and past participle parcened)
Further reading
- “† parcen, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, April 2015.
