pari
French, noun/pa.ʁi/
pari is spelled P-A-R-I (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,439th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pari is a French masculine noun meaning “wager, bet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Promesse réciproque, par laquelle deux ou plusieurs personnes, qui soutiennent des choses contraires…”.
What does pari mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewager, bet
- 2
masculinegamble, risk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Promesse réciproque, par laquelle deux ou plusieurs personnes, qui soutiennent des choses contraires, s’engagent à payer une certaine somme à celui ou celle qui se trouvera avoir raison. 2. Affaire incertaine, sur laquelle il y a des opinions contraires et qui doit bientôt se décider. 3. Somme, indépendante de l’enjeu ordinaire, que des personnes parient entre elles et dont le sort est décidé par celui de la partie.
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 pari
- paris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pari?
- /pa.ʁi/
- \pa.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pari
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pari in French?
pari appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).