parry

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• /ˈpæɹi/
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• /ˈpæɹ.i/
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• homophone: peary
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• homophone: perry
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• homophone: Perry (all only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)
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• rhymes with -æɹi
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• CMU ARPABET: P EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Anglicised from Welsh ap Harri, "son of Henry".

From earlier parree, from Middle English *parree, *paree, from Old French paree (“preparation, ceremony, parade”), from Medieval Latin parāta (“preparation, parade”), from parāre (“to ward off, guard, defend, prepare, get ready”). More at pare. The English verb is taken from the noun. Doublet of parade. Alternative etymology derives the verb parry from French parez, the imperative form of parer (“to fend off”), ultimately from the Medieval Latin parāre. See above.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: париране (parirane) — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Bulgarian: отбиване (otbivane) — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Dutch: afweren — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Dutch: ontwijken — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Finnish: torjunta — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• French: parade — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Italian: parata — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Italian: deviazione — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Macedonian: пари́рање (paríranje) — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Macedonian: одби́вање (odbívanje) — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Māori: whakangungu — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Norwegian: finte — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Norwegian: parering — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Portuguese: parada — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Romanian: parare — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Russian: парирование (parirovanije) — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Serbo-Croatian: pariranje — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Spanish: parada — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Spanish: guardia — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Swedish: parering — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• Tagalog: salag — a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying
• German: Parade — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Macedonian: пари́рање (paríranje) — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Serbo-Croatian: pariranje — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Spanish: quite — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Spanish: parada — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Spanish: reparo — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Swedish: parering — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Tagalog: salag — in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect
• Arabic: نَاكَفَ (nākafa) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Bulgarian: парирам (pariram) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Bulgarian: отбивам (otbivam) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Czech: vyhnout se — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Czech: vyhýbat se — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Czech: vykrýt — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Czech: odrazit — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Dutch: afweren — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Estonian: tõrjuma (to deflect) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Estonian: põiklema (to parry) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Estonian: vältima — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Finnish: torjua — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• French: parer — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• German: parieren — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• German: abwehren — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Hungarian: kitér — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Hungarian: elhárít — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Hungarian: elhajol — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Hungarian: kivéd — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Irish: coisc — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Italian: evitare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Italian: scansare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Italian: sviare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Italian: deviare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Italian: schivare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Italian: parare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Japanese: かわす (kawasu) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Japanese: 受け流す (ukenagasu) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Macedonian: пари́ра (paríra) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Macedonian: о́дбие (ódbie) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Māori: whakangungu — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Māori: papare — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Māori: okooko — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Norwegian: parere — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Portuguese: parar — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Romanian: para — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Russian: пари́ровать (parírovatʹ) — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Serbo-Croatian: parirati — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: parar — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: desviar — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: rechazar — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: bloquear — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: rebatir — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: baraustar — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Spanish: barajar — avoid, deflect, or ward off
• Swedish: parera — avoid, deflect, or ward off