paresse

See also: paressé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French peresce, from Latin pigritia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Homophones: paraisse, paraissent, paraisses, paressent, paresses

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Noun

paresse f (plural paresses)

1. laziness

Related terms

• paresseux

Verb

paresse

1. inflection of paresser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• espéras, pèseras, repasse, repassé, sépares, séparés

Italian

Verb

paresse

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of parere

Anagrams

• asperse, esparse, passere, saprese, spesare, speserà