parpaing

Noun

1. (masculine) perpend stone, through stone
2. (masculine, metonymically) breeze-block (building block)

Adj

through (stone, ashlar)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paʁ.pɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: perpes

In summary

Probably from Vulgar Latin *perpetaneus, from Latin perpes (“uninterrupted”), or from a root *perpedaneum, from pes (“foot”) (cf. pedaneus).

Concepts

breeze-block

perpend

cinder block

parpen

through stone

perpend stone

Synonyms

bloc de béton

agglo

Translations

Betonwerkstein

snelbouwsteen

betonblok

bloco de concreto

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