parapet

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English

Modern parapet around a New York City rooftop (2)
A parapet made of sandbags on a trench (3)

Etymology

From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

parapet (plural parapets)

  1. A low protective wall.
    Hyponym: balustrade
    Coordinate term: railing
    • 2020 August 26, “Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 11:
      Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets.
  2. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict‎:
      Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.
  3. (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
    Synonym: breastwork
    • 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
      Obviously if you have only a few days in which to train a soldier, you must teach him the things he will most need; how to take cover, how to advance across open ground, how to mount guards and build a parapet – above all, how to use his weapons.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parapeto, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)

  1. parapet

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Czech

Noun

parapet m inan

  1. windowsill, parapet

Declension

Declension of parapet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative parapet parapety
genitive parapetu parapetů
dative parapetu parapetům
accusative parapet parapety
vocative parapete parapety
locative parapetu parapetech
instrumental parapetem parapety

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parapetto, from parare (“to shield”) + petto (“chest”).

Pronunciation

Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)

  1. parapet

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)

  1. (Jersey) parapet

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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parapet

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.pɛt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -apɛt
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧pet

Noun

parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)

  1. (architecture) sill, windowsill
    Synonym: podokiennik

Declension

Declension of parapet
singular plural
nominative parapet parapety
genitive parapetu parapetów
dative parapetowi parapetom
accusative parapet parapety
instrumental parapetem parapetami
locative parapecie parapetach
vocative parapecie parapety

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adjective
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Further reading

  • parapet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • parapet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parapetto or French parapet or German Parapett.

Noun

parapet n (plural parapete)

  1. parapet

Declension

Declension of parapet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) parapet parapetul (niște) parapete parapetele
genitive/dative (unui) parapet parapetului (unor) parapete parapetelor
vocative parapetule parapetelor

Swedish

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Noun

parapet c

  1. a parapet

Declension

Declension of parapet 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative parapet parapeten parapeter parapeterna
Genitive parapets parapetens parapeters parapeternas

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