parvis
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English parvis, parvise, parvys, borrowed from Old French parvis, parevis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Used in the Middle Ages to describe the court in front of St Peter's in Rome, and later similar courts in front of other churches. Doublet of paradise.
Pronunciation
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Noun
parvis (plural parvises)
- An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
- A portico surrounding such a space.
- The porch of a church, or the room over it.
Danish
Etymology
From par (“pair”) + -vis (“-wise”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
parvis (neuter parvis or parvist, plural and definite singular attributive parvise)
Adverb
parvis
- pairwise, in pairs, two by two
Synonyms
- (adverb): parvist
French
Etymology
From Old French parvis, parevis, from Late Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of paradis.
Pronunciation
Noun
parvis m (plural parvis)
Further reading
- “parvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) parvīs
- dative masculine plural of parvus
- ablative masculine plural of parvus
- dative feminine plural of parvus
- ablative feminine plural of parvus
- dative neuter plural of parvus
- ablative neuter plural of parvus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adverb
parvis
References
- “parvis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adverb
parvis
References
- “parvis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Adjective
parvis (not comparable)
Declension
Inflection of parvis | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | parvis | — | — |
Neuter singular | parvist | — | — |
Plural | parvisa | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | parvise | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | parvise | — | — |
All | parvisa | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Adverb
parvis (not comparable)
- pairwise, in pairs, two by two
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Danish terms suffixed with -vis
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish terms with rare senses
- Danish adverbs
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- French doublets
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French terms with historical senses
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -vis
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adverbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -vis
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adverbs
- Swedish terms suffixed with -vis
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish uncomparable adjectives
- Swedish adverbs