noun
Meaning 1
Gypsum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
parget
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːd͡ʒɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Paint, especially for the face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
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verb
Meaning 5
To paint; to cover over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pargeting, pargetting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plaster
verb
Meaning 7
apply ornamental plaster to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plaster, daub
History
Etymology
From Middle English pargetten, from Old French pargeter, parjeter (“to throw about”), from par- (intensive prefix) (from Latin per-) + jeter (“to throw”) (from Latin iactō, frequentative of iaciō). The noun is derived from the verb.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: guix — gypsum
- Dutch: gips — gypsum
- French: gypse — gypsum
- German: Verputz — gypsum
- Hungarian: gipsz — gypsum
- Hungarian: gipszbevonat — gypsum
- Hungarian: vakolat — gypsum
- Latin: gypsum — gypsum
- Catalan: enguixar — to coat with gypsum
- Dutch: gipsen — to coat with gypsum
- French: crépir — to coat with gypsum
- German: verputzen — to coat with gypsum
- Hungarian: bevakol — to coat with gypsum
- Hungarian: begipszel — to coat with gypsum
- Hungarian: vakol — to coat with gypsum
- Hungarian: gipszel — to coat with gypsum
- Latin: gypsō — to coat with gypsum