parpaing
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Vulgar Latin *perpetaneus, from Latin perpes (“uninterrupted”), or from a root *perpedaneum, from pes (“foot”) (cf. pedaneus).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parpaing m (plural parpaings)
- perpend stone, through stone
- (metonymically) breeze-block (building block)
- 2007 February 19, Les Fatals Picards (lyrics and music), “Mon père était tellement de gauche”[1]:
- Mon père était tellement de gauche que quand est tombé le mur de Berlin
Il est parti chez Casto pour acheter des parpaings- My father was so left-wing, that when the Berlin Wall fell
He went to Castorama to buy some perpends
- My father was so left-wing, that when the Berlin Wall fell
Adjective
[edit]parpaing (feminine parpaigne, masculine plural parpaings, feminine plural parpaignes)
- through (stone, ashlar)
Further reading
[edit]parpaing on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “parpaing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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