paraison
French, noun/pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/
paraison is spelled P-A-R-A-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paraison is a French feminine noun meaning “parison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de parer, en verrerie, préparation du verre sur le marbre avant soufflage ou moulage, après l’avoir…”.
What does paraison mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparison
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de parer, en verrerie, préparation du verre sur le marbre avant soufflage ou moulage, après l’avoir cueilli du creuset. 2. Masse de verre en fusion destinée à être mise en forme. 3. En plasturgie, matière plastique en cours de mise en œuvre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paraison
- paraisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paraison?
- /pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/
- /pa.ʁe.zɔ̃/
- \pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paraison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paraison in French?
paraison appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).