Feminine

parenthèse

Meaning

  1. (feminine) parenthesis, digression
  2. (feminine) Either of a pair of round brackets

Frequency

38k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz/
Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

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