different between parapet vs barrow

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??/
• (US) enPR: b?r??, IPA^(key): /?bæ?o?/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -ær??

Etymology 1

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“high; height”). Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), Saterland Frisian Bäirch, Bierich (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), Low German Barg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Swedish berg (“mountain”), Norwegian Bokmål berg (“rock, mountain, hillock, rock bottom”), Icelandic berg (“mountain”), bjarg (“rock”), Northern Luri ???? (berg, “mountain,hill”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian ?????? (béreg, “bank, shore, land”).

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (obsolete) A mountain.
2. (chiefly Britain) A hill.
3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

   Synonym: tumulus

4. (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barw?, *barwij?, from Proto-Germanic *barw?, *barwij? (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beran? (“to bear”). More at bear.

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

   Synonyms: handcart, pushcart, trolley
2. (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English barow, bare?, bareh, from Old English bearg, bearh (“boar”), from Proto-West Germanic *barug, *barah, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz, *barahaz. Cognate with Old Frisian barch, Old Saxon barug, Old High German barug (dialectal German Barch), Old Norse b?rgr.

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

2. (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.

Translations

Etymology 4

From Old English beorgan (“to protect”)

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.