parano

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.no/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophone: paranos

Etymology 1

Apocope of paranoïaque.

Adjective

parano (plural paranos)

1. (colloquial) paranoid

   Ce type est complètement parano, on ne peut rien lui dire sans qu’il le prenne mal.

   That guy is completely paranoid, you can't say anything to him without him taking it the wrong way.

   • 2021, “Clic clic pan pan”, in Yanns (lyrics), Marco Bressan (music), Pays des merveilles‎^[1]:

     J’sais que l’passé, c’est l’passé
     Mais y a qu’à toi qu’j’peux me confier
     Tu sais, j’deviens parano des fois
     Quand j’reste seul, direct, je pense à toi
     Et ça fait, "clic, clic-clic, pan-pan-pan"
     J’braque ton petit cœur, ma chérie, t’es trop séduisante (trop séduisante)

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Noun

parano m or f by sense (plural paranos)

1. (colloquial) a paranoid person

Etymology 2

Apocope of paranoïa.

Noun

parano f (plural paranos)

1. (colloquial) paranoia

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra.no/
• Rhymes: -arano
• Hyphenation: pà‧ra‧no

Verb

parano

1. third-person plural present indicative of parare

Anagrams

• Panaro, aprano, arpona, rapano

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -anɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧no

Verb

parano

1. impersonal past of parać