parenthèse
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See also: parenthese and Parenthese
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
parenthèse f (plural parenthèses)
- parenthesis, digression
- Either of a pair of round brackets
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: parantez
Further reading[edit]
- “parenthèse” in Cordial.
- “parenthèse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “parenthèse” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “parenthèse” in L’Internaute.
- “parenthèse” in Universalis.