pare-brise

French

Etymology

From parer +‎ brise. Compare Spanish parabrisas, Italian parabrezza, Portuguese para-brisa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paʁbʁiz/

Noun

pare-brise m (plural pare-brise)

windscreen (UK), windshield (US)

Descendants

→ Armenian: պարբրիս (parbris)
→ Romanian: parbriz
→ Greek: παρμπρίζ (parmpríz)

Further reading

“pare-brise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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