pareil
English
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#PAREILCategory:English terms derived from French#PAREIL pareil.
Noun
pareil (plural pareils)Category:English lemmas#PAREILCategory:English nouns#PAREILCategory:English countable nouns#PAREILCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PAREILCategory:Pages with entries#PAREILCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PAREIL
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PAREIL, quaint) An equal.
- Among writers he was a man without pareil.Category:English terms with usage examples#PAREIL
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#PAREILCategory:French terms derived from Middle French#PAREIL pareil, from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#PAREILCategory:French terms derived from Old French#PAREIL, from Late LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Late Latin#PAREILCategory:French terms derived from Late Latin#PAREIL pariculus, diminutive of LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#PAREILCategory:French terms derived from Latin#PAREIL pār. Compare Occitan parelh, Spanish parejo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁɛj/Category:French 2-syllable words#PAREILCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PAREIL
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PAREILAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PAREILAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PAREILAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PAREILAudio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛjCategory:Rhymes:French/ɛj#PAREILCategory:Rhymes:French/ɛj/2 syllables#PAREIL
- Homophones: pareils, pareille, pareillesCategory:French terms with homophones#PAREIL
Adjective
pareil (feminine pareille, masculine plural pareils, feminine plural pareilles)Category:French lemmas#PAREILCategory:French adjectives#PAREILCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PAREILCategory:Pages with entries#PAREILCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PAREIL
- such
- Synonym: tel
- Je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille.
- I've never seen such a thing.
- en pareil cas ― in such a caseCategory:French terms with usage examples#PAREIL
- like, alike, same
- Les chauves-souris voletaient en silence, pareilles à des ombres inquiètes.
- Bats fluttered in silence like worried shadows.
- Il est pareil à son père. (Quebec)
- He's like his father.
Usage notes
The adjective is often placed before the noun in formal style: un pareil crime, whereas un crime pareil sounds more natural.
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Adverb
pareilCategory:French lemmas#PAREILCategory:French adverbs#PAREILCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PAREILCategory:Pages with entries#PAREILCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PAREIL Category:Requests for attention concerning French#PAREIL
- the same; alike
- faire pareil ― to do the sameCategory:French terms with usage examples#PAREIL
- Elles étaient habillées pareil.
- They were dressed alike.
- (QuebecCategory:Quebec French#PAREIL, informalCategory:French informal terms#PAREIL) anyway; just the same
- Synonym: quand même
- J'avais pas envie d'y aller, mais ch't'y allé pareil.
- I didn't feel like going, but I went anyway.
Further reading
- “pareil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012