paries

Meaning

1. The wall of any cavity or organ.
2. The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

Synonyms

wall

coat

🧥

coating

course

floor

layer

level

lift

bed

🛏️

row

sheet

storey

story

stratum

tier

ply

Translations

paroi

wand

mur

cidar

duvar

τοιχώματα κοιλότητας

parietes çeper

προστατευτικό τοίχωμα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæɹi.iːz/

Etymology

Cognate with French: paroi

Cognate with Italian: parete

Cognate with Portuguese: parede

Cognate with Spanish: pared

Cognate with Romanian: perete

In summary

Borrowed from Latin pariēs (“wall of a house or room”). Compare French paroi (“wall”), Italian parete (“wall”), Portuguese parede (“wall”) Spanish pared (“wall”) and Romanian perete (“wall”).