parell

Inherited from Old Catalan parell~pareyll, from Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Occitan parelh, French pareil, Spanish parejo.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈɾɛʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈɾəʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [paˈɾeʎ]

parell (feminine parella, masculine plural parells, feminine plural parelles)

1. matching; a group of two with the same characteristics
2. (mathematics); even; divisible by 2

   Antonyms: imparell, impar, senar

parell m (plural parells)

1. pair (set of two things, people, or creatures of like characteristics)

   un parell de guants ― a pair of gloves

2. (in the singular) (a) few

   un parell de minuts ― a few minutes

3. (agriculture) yoke (set of two animals used together to pull a plow or cart)
4. (telecommunications) pair (set of two wires used to establish two-way communication)

• doble parella (“two pair”)
• nombre parell

• parella

• “parell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “parell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “parell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “parell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

parell

1. Alternative form of peril