# parapet
## English
### Etymology

From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

parapet (plural parapets)
* A low protective wall.
    Hyponym: balustrade
    Coordinate term: railing
** 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.
* Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
** 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC: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.
* (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
    Synonym: breastwork
** 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC: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.

#### Derived terms

* keep one's head below the parapet
* put one's head above the parapet

#### Translations
### Further reading

* parapet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “parapet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parapeto, from Italian parapetto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pə.ɾəˈpɛt]
* IPA: (Balearic) unknown
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.ɾaˈpet]

### Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)
* parapet

#### Synonyms

* (wall): ampit

#### Derived terms

* parapetar

### Further reading

* “parapet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Noun

parapet m inan
* windowsill, parapet

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁa.pɛ/

### Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)
* parapet

#### Descendants

* → English: parapet
* → Polish: parapet
* → Romanian: parapet
* → Russian: парапет (parapet)
* → Spanish: parapet

### Further reading

* “parapet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* appâter, apprêta

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

### Noun

parapet m (plural parapets)
* (Jersey) parapet

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

parapet m inan (diminutive parapecik)
* (architecture) sill, windowsill
    Synonym: podokiennik

#### Derived terms

* parapetowy
* parapetówa
* parapetówka

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parapetto or French parapet or German Parapett.

### Noun

parapet n (plural parapete)
* parapet

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

parapet c
* a parapet

#### See also

* bröstvärn

### References

* parapet in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* parapet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* parapet in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)