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pareil

pareil

French

Adjective

pareil m (feminine singular pareille, masculine plural pareils, feminine plural pareilles)

  1. such
    Je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille.
    I've never seen such a thing.
  2. Like, alike, same
    Les chauves-souris voletaient en silence, pareilles à des ombres inquiètes.
    Bats flutter in silence like worried shadows.
    (Quebec) Il est pareil à son père.
    He's like his father.

Usage notes

The register of this adjective depends on its place: un pareil crime is rather formal, while un crime pareil sounds more colloquial.

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