parpaing

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paʁ.pɛ̃/

Noun

parpaing m (plural parpaings)

perpend stone, through stone
(metonymically) breeze-block (building block)

Adjective

parpaing (feminine singular parpaigne, masculine plural parpaings, feminine plural parpaignes)

through (stone, ashlar).

Further reading

parpaing on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
“parpaing” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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