parell

See also: Parell

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan parell~pareyll, from Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Occitan parelh, French pareil, Spanish parejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pəˈɾe̞ʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈɾəʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈɾɛʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈɾeʎ]

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Adjective

parell (feminine parella, masculine plural parells, feminine plural parelles)

1. matching; a group of two with the same characteristics
2. (mathematics); even; divisible by 2

   Antonyms: imparell, impar, senar

Noun

parell m (plural parells)

1. pair (set of two things, people, or creatures of like characteristics)

   un parell de guants ― a pair of gloves

2. (in the singular) (a) few

   un parell de minuts ― a few minutes

3. (agriculture) yoke (set of two animals used together to pull a plow or cart)
4. (telecommunications) pair (set of two wires used to establish two-way communication)

Derived terms

• aparellar
• doble parella
• emparellar
• nombre parell
• parellada
• pareller

Related terms

• parella

References

• “parell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “parell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “parell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “parell”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Middle English

Noun

parell

1. alternative form of peril