parvis

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English

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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

Noun

parvis (plural parvises)

  1. An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
  2. A portico surrounding such a space.
  3. 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)

  1. (rare) pairwise

Adverb

parvis

  1. pairwise, in pairs, two by two

Synonyms

Estonian

Noun

parvis

  1. inessive plural of parv

French

Etymology

Inherited 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)

  1. (historical) parvis
  2. forecourt, square

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Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

parvīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of parvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From par +‎ -vis.

Adverb

parvis

  1. in pairs

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From par +‎ -vis.

Adverb

parvis

  1. in pairs

References

Swedish

Etymology

par +‎ -vis

Adjective

parvis (not comparable)

  1. pairwise

Declension

Inflection of parvis
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular parvis — —
neuter singular parvist — —
plural parvisa — —
masculine plural2 parvise — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 parvise — —
all parvisa — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Adverb

parvis (not comparable)

  1. pairwise, in pairs, two by two
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