Noun: paroli
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | paroli |
| Plural m | parolis |
Sample Sentences
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faire (le) paroli (to double the stake)
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gagner le paroli (to win the double stake)
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Dans un moment de colère contre le banquier, il fit paroli sur paroli, et en vint au point de mettre au tapis une énorme poignée d'or... (In a fit of anger against the banker, he made paroli upon paroli, to the point where he had wagered a great handful of gold...) [1836, Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantes, Histoire des salons de Paris, 3rd edition, volume II:]
Nouns inflected like paroli
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian paroli, plural of parolo, probably compounded from paro (“I prepare”) and enclitic pronoun -lo (“it”).
Verbs referencing "paroli"
English Nouns
parlay.
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