parentèle, n.f., (fam.). V. parenté.
parenthèse, n.f., parenthesis, digression. Par —; by way of parenthesis, by-the-bye, by-the-way. Entre —s; in parenthesis. Avoir les jambes en —; (fam.) to be bandy-legged.
parer, v.a., to adorn, to set off (against), to set out, to deck, to embellish; to attire; to trim; to shelter; to guard (against); to provide (against); to parry, to ward off; (nav.) to clear; to pare (horses’ hoofs). — un coup; to ward off a blow. — du cuir; to dress leather. — du cidre; to make cider ferment. — un agneau; to dress a lamb. — un cap; (nav.) to clear a cape. — un câble; to clear a cable. — une ancre; to clear an anchor. — un enfant; to dress out a child. Il est assez paré de sa bonne mine; his good looks set him off sufficiently. — sa marchandise; to set off one’s goods.
se parer, v.r., to adorn one’s self; to dress; to dress one’s self out; to screen, to guard one’s self; to assume; to make a show, to boast. Elle se pare d’une manière ridicule; she decks herself out in a ridiculous manner.
parer, v.n., (fence.) to parry; to screen, to defend; to guard (against). — et porter en même temps; to parry and thrust at the same time. On ne peut pas — à tout; one can’t guard against everything.
parère, n.m., (com.) opinion (of merchants on matters of commerce); (of insurance) report.
parésie, n.f., (med.) slight palsy.
paresse, n.f., idleness, sloth, laziness, indolence; weakness. — d’esprit; sluggishness of intellect, indolence of mind.
paresser, v.n., to idle, to fritter away one’s time, to be idle.
paresseusement (-eûz-mān), adv., lazily, idly, slothfully.