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pare-balle

French, adjective/paʁ.bal/

pare-balle is a French adjective meaning “bulletproof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui protège des tirs d’armes légères”.

What does pare-balle mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bulletproof

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui protège des tirs d’armes légères.

noun: 1. Protection permettant aux servants d’une arme lourde d’être protégés des tirs ennemis.

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 pare-balle

  • pare-balles plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pare-balle?

  • /paʁ.bal/
  • \paʁ.bal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pare-balle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.