different between parapet vs crenellation

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

Etymology

From crenellate +? -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *cr?nella, diminutive of cr?na (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??n?l?e???n/, /?k??n??le???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??n??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: cre?nel?lat?ion

Noun

crenellation (countable and uncountable, plural crenellations)

1. A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
2. The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.

Alternative forms

• crenelation

Hypernyms

• battlement

Related terms

• crenel
• crenellate
• licence to crenellate

Translations

References

Further reading

• crenellation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• centrolineal