- pareu
- or pareo noun Etymology: Tahitian Date: 1860 a wraparound skirt usually made from a rectangular piece of printed cloth and worn by men and women throughout Polynesia
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pareu
Look at other dictionaries:
pareu — parèu m. paire; couple. Un parèu d uous : deux œufs. A pareu, a cha pareu : par couple. « La danso finido vendren a parèu dedins la bastido. » Ch. Rieu … Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu
pareu — [pä′rā o͞o΄] n. [Tahitian] a long, colorful wraparound skirt worn by Polynesian men and women: the Tahitian equivalent of the Samoan lava lava … English World dictionary
pareu — lavalava la va*la va (l[aum] v[.a]*l[aum] v[.a]), n. A printed cloth garment resembling a skirt or kilt, worn as the principle garment by both men and women in Polynesia, especialy in Samoa; called also {pareu}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pareu — Pareo Jeune fille de Rimatara, en Polynésie française, portant un pareo (1887) … Wikipédia en Français
pareu — /pahr ay ooh /, n. 1. lavalava. 2. Also, pareo. a length of cloth, esp. of a brightly colored print, wrapped on the body like a lavalava and worn by women as a cover up, skirt, dress, or the like. [1855 60; < Tahitian] * * * … Universalium
pareu — n. Polynesian sarong … English contemporary dictionary
pareu — See lavalava … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
pareu — [ pα:reɪu:] (also pareo) noun a kind of Polynesian sarong. Origin from Tahitian … English new terms dictionary
pareu — pa·reu … English syllables
pareu — pa•re•u [[t]ˈpɑr eɪˌu[/t]] n. pl. re•us 1) clo lavalava 2) clo Also, pareo a length of usu. brightly colored cloth worn by women as a cover up, skirt, dress, or the like. • Etymology: 1855–60; < Tahitian … From formal English to slang
