parade

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English

Etymology 1

From French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pə-rād', IPA^(key): /pəˈɹeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

parade (countable and uncountable, plural parades)

1. An organized display of a group of people, particularly
   1. (military) Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
      • 1681, Andrew Marvell, “Upon Appleton House...”, Miscellaneous Poems, p. 87, St. 39:

        See how the Flow’rs, as at Parade,
        Under their Colours stand displaid:
        Each Regiment in order grows,
        That of the Tulip Pinke and Rose.
   2. A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
      • 1673–4, Duke of Lauderdale, Lauderdale Papers, Vol. III, p. 36:

        They went up with a Parade of 9 or 10 Coaches.

   3. (venery, uncommon) Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
   4. (venery, uncommon) Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
2. A place reserved for such displays, particularly
   1. (military, now uncommon) Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills.
   2. (dated) Synonym of promenade: A route, street, or square frequented by pedestrians or formerly used for military parades.
      • 1905 March 28, Daily Chronicle, p. 4:

        Glasgow's most fashionable Sunday parade, the ‘crawl’ on Great Western-road.
   3. (uncommon) Synonym of road, used in place names.

3. The people who make up such a display, particularly
   1. (military, now uncommon) The body of soldiers thus assembled.
   2. The body of promenaders thus assembled.
4. (figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
   • 1652, Thomas Urquhart, Ecscybalauron (Εκσκυβαλαυρον), p. 282:

     ...the ravishing assault of a well-disciplined diction, in a parade of curiosly-mustered words in their several ranks and files...

   • 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:

     Roy: The work was fiiine. There was nothing wrong with the work. But they caught him... He pissed in the sink.
     Jen: Oh. Oh!
     Roy: Yeah...
     Jen: Which sink?
     Roy: All the sinks. Yeah, he basically went on a pee parade around the house.
     Jen: Oh God, I have to fire him.

5. (UK, figurative, uncommon) A row of shops beside a street.
6. (UK, figurative, now uncommon) Short for programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels.
   • 1947 May 2, Radio Times, p. 8:

     Scottish Programme Parade

Alternative forms

• Pde, parad

Hyponyms

• (military assembly): muster
• (public procession): See demonstration
• (row of shops): strip mall

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Hindi: परैड (paraiḍ)
• → Urdu: پریڈ (paraiḍ)

Translations

Verb

parade (third-person singular simple present parades, present participle parading, simple past and past participle paraded)

1. (intransitive) To take part in a parade, particularly
   1. To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
   2. To march impressively or ostentatiously.

   3. (transitive) To march past.

   4. (transitive) To march through or along.
   5. (figurative) Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others.
   6. (transitive, figurative, of vehicles) To move slowly through or among.
   7. (figurative, of waterfowl) To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other.
2. (transitive) To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
   1. To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
   2. (figurative) Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To furnish with a parade or parades.

Usage notes

The intransitive senses of parade were sometimes previously used with a dummy it—The lovers paraded it together—although this use is now obsolete.

Derived terms

• parader, parade as

Etymology 2

From French parade (“a parry”), from parer (“to parry, to defend oneself”) + -ade, from Italian parata. Doublet of parry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈrɑd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈrɑːd/

Noun

parade (plural parades)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
   • 1652, Thomas Urquhart, Ecscybalauron (Εκσκυβαλαυρον), p. 228:

     ...in case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat...

References

• “parade, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• “parade, n².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• “parade, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• Edward Phillips, compiler (1658) “Parade”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC, column 1.
• “parade”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “parade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• earpad

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French parade, from Middle French parade, from Spanish parada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaːˈraː.də/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

parade f (plural parades, diminutive paradetje n)

1. a parade; a festive or ceremonial procession

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: parade

French

Pronunciation

Verb

parade

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dérapa

Galician

Verb

parade

1. second-person plural imperative of parar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch parade, from French parade (“show, display, parade, parry, formerly also a halt on horseback”), from Spanish parada (“a halt, stop, pause, a parade”), from parar (“to halt, stop, get ready, prepare”), from Latin parare (“to prepare; to halt, stop, prevent, guard against, etc., dress, trim, adorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈradə/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧dê

Noun

paradê

1. parade:
   1. an organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd of spectators.
   2. (military) an assembling of troops for inspection or to receive orders.

Synonyms

• défilé
• perbarisan (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “parade” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Alternative forms

• pathade (Jersey)

Etymology

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Noun

parade f (plural parades)

1. (Guernsey) parade

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French parade (“show, display, parade, parry, formerly also a halt on horseback”), from Spanish parada (“a halt, stop, pause, a parade”), from parar (“to halt, stop, get ready, prepare”), from Latin parare (“to prepare, in Medieval Latin and Rom. also to halt, stop, prevent, guard against, etc., also dress, trim, adorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑˈɾɑːdə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdə
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧de

Noun

parade m (definite singular paraden, indefinite plural parader, definite plural paradene)

1. display, exhibition, show

   å sitte på parade

   to be on display

   Synonyms: lit de parade, paradeseng

2. (military) line-up, especially on solemn occasions

   en flott militær flaggparade

   a great military flag parade

   Synonyms: vaktparade, flaggparade, homseparade

   1. (military) a troop department that meets for inspection or a specific service
   2. (military) parade uniform
   3. (military) punishment attendance at school or military camp

      å få parade

      to receive punishment attendance

   Synonym: paradere

3. (sports) movement of the weapon to ward off the opponent's chops or bumps

   Synonym: kvartparade

   1. (boxing or wrestling) a movement to fend off the opponent's blows
   2. (ball game) fast averting movement from a goalie

      målvakten reddet ved en lynrask parade

      the goalkeeper saved by a quick parade

4. (equestrianism) sudden stopping or slowing of a riding horse

   hel parade

   sudden stopping of the horse

   halv parade

   sudden slowing of the horse

Synonyms

• opptog

Derived terms

Related terms

• paradere
• paraderen
• lit de parade

See also

• gravfølge
• karneval
• marsjering
• prosesjon
• triumfmarsj

References

• “parade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “parade” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• draper

Swedish

Adjective

parade

1. inflection of parad:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

parade

1. past indicative of para

Anagrams

• rapade