paroi

From Old French pareit, from Vulgar Latin *parētem, from Latin parietem, accusative singular of pariēs (“wall”), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare English paries, Romanian perete, and Spanish pared.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁwa/, /pa.ʁwɑ/

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paroi f (plural parois)

1. (anatomy, botany) wall
2. inner wall, inside surface (of receptacle etc.)
3. side (of bathtub etc.)

• pariétal

• “paroi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.