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parapet

Overview

This page has 8 definitions of parapet with English translations in 6 languages. Parapet is a noun. Also define these 9 related words and terms: balustrade, railing, perimeter, military, fortification, breastwork, windowsill, parapet, and sill.

English

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

Etymology

From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt/
  • (file)

Noun

parapet (plural parapets)

  1. A low protective wall.
    • 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.
    Hyponym: balustrade
    Coordinate term: railing
    • Railing definition
      A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
  2. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
      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.
    • Perimeter definition
      The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. (1 of 5 perimeter definitions)
  3. (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
    Synonym: breastwork
    • 1938, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Homage to Catalonia[2], London: Secker & Warburg:
      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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Czech

Noun

parapet m inan

  1. windowsill, parapet

Declension


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

parapet

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)

  1. sill, windowsill
    Synonym: podokiennik

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • parapetowy
 
nouns

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian parapetto or French parapet or German Parapett.

Noun

parapet n (plural parapete)

  1. parapet

Declension