parapet
French, noun/pa.ʁa.pɛ/
parapet is spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parapet is a French masculine noun meaning “parapet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Massif de terre ou de maçonnerie qui surmonte un rempart ou une tranchée et qui les protège contre le feu de…”.
What does parapet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparapet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Massif de terre ou de maçonnerie qui surmonte un rempart ou une tranchée et qui les protège contre le feu de l’ennemi. 2. Muret à hauteur d’appui, élevé sur le bord d’une terrasse, sur les côtés d’un pont, le long d’un quai, etc., pour servir de garde-fou. 3. Garde-fou, protection.
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 parapet
- parapets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parapet?
- /pa.ʁa.pɛ/
- \pa.ʁa.pɛ\
- [pa.ʁa.pɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parapet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parapet in French?
parapet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).