paravent

See also: Paravent

English

Etymology

From French paravent.

Noun

paravent (plural paravents)

1. A windscreen.

Catalan

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) +‎ vent (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌpa.ɾəˈβen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌpa.ɾəˈvent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌpa.ɾaˈvent]

Noun

paravent m (plural paravents)

1. shutter

   Synonym: finestró

2. folding screen

   Synonym: mampara

3. (agriculture) windbreak

   Synonyms: tallavent, trencavent

Further reading

• “paravent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paravento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.vɑ̃/

Noun

paravent m (plural paravents)

1. folding screen
   • 1943, Antoine Saint-Exupéry, chapter VIII, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 34:

     — Je ne crains rien des tigres, mais j’ai horreur des courants d’air. Vous n’auriez pas un paravent ?

     “I am not at all afraid of tigers,” she went on, “but I have a horror of drafts. I suppose you wouldn't have a screen for me?”

Descendants

• → Czech: paraván
• → English: paravent
• → German: Paravent
• → Ottoman Turkish: پاراوان (paravan), پاراوانه (paravana)
  • Turkish: paravan
• → Romanian: paravan

Further reading

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