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paraître

/pa.ʁɛtʁ/

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verb/pa.ʁɛtʁ/

to appear (become visible); to be published; to appear, to seem; to be said that, to be rumored that

L'acteur parut sur l'écran.The actor appeared on screen.

Synonyms: apparaître, être publié, sembler

Inherited from Middle French paroistre, from Old French paroistre, pareistre, from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

noun, masculine/pa.ʁɛtʁ/plural: paraîtres

appearance

Inherited from Middle French paroistre, from Old French paroistre, pareistre, from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.