pare-brise
French, noun/paʁ.bʁiz/
pare-brise is a French masculine noun meaning “windscreen (UK), windshield (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paroi transparente à l’avant d’un véhicule permettant la visibilité tout en assurant la protection du…”.
What does pare-brise mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewindscreen (UK), windshield (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paroi transparente à l’avant d’un véhicule permettant la visibilité tout en assurant la protection du conducteur et des passagers des inconvénients dus au déplacement d’air, des projections et des poussières, notamment à grande vitesse.
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-brise
- pare-brises plural
- parebrise
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pare-brise?
- /paʁ.bʁiz/
- \paʁ.bʁiz\
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-brise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.