different between merlon vs parapet

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?l(?)n/
• Hyphenation: mer?lon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French merlon, from Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”).

Noun

merlon (plural merlons)

1. (architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.

   Synonyms: cop, (heraldry) embattle

Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of merlin.

Noun

merlon (plural merlons)

1. Alternative spelling of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”)

Notes

References

Further reading

• merlon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ems- (“black; blackbird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.l??/
• Hyphenation: mer?lon

Noun

merlon m (plural merlons)

1. (architecture, military) merlon

Descendants

• ? English: merlon

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French merlon.

Noun

merlon n (plural merloane)

1. merlon

Declension

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