different between knoll vs parapet

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??l/, [n??l], [n??l]
• (General American) enPR: n?l, IPA^(key): /no?l/

Etymology 1

From Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.

Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).

Noun

knoll (plural knolls)

1. A small mound or rounded hill.

Derived terms

• Brent Knoll

Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative, or variant of knell.

Noun

knoll (plural knolls)

1. A knell.

Verb

knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)

1. (transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures

     Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours.

Etymology 3

Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.

Verb

knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)

1. To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

Westrobothnian

Verb

knoll (preterite knollä)

1. (transitive) roll together: make curly

Related terms

• knóllär

English

Etymology

From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ?.?.p?t/

Noun

parapet (plural parapets)

1. A low protective wall.

   Hyponym: balustrade

   Coordinate term: railing

2. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
3. (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.

   Synonym: breastwork

Derived terms

• keep one's head below the parapet

Translations

Further reading

• parapet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “parapet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Czech

Noun

parapet m inan

1. windowsill, parapet

Declension

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.?a.p?/

Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)

1. parapet

Further reading

• “parapet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• appâter, apprêta

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)

1. (Jersey) parapet

Polish

Etymology

From French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?ra.p?t/

Noun

parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)

1. sill, windowsill

   Synonym: podokiennik

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) parapetówka, parapetówa
• (adjective) parapetowy

Further reading

• parapet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• parapet in Polish dictionaries at PWN