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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin paragraphus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos). Doublet of paraphe.
Pronunciation
Noun
paragraphe m (plural paragraphes)
- paragraph
Descendants
Further reading
Latin
Noun
paragraphe
- vocative singular of paragraphus
References
- “paragraphe”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “paragraphe”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin