pari-

1. a combining form meaning “equal,” used in the formation of compound words:

   paripinnate.

pari-

combining_form

1. equal or equally; even (in number)

   parisyllabic

   paripinnate

Word History and Origins

Origin of pari-¹

< Late Latin pari- combining form of pār par ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pari-¹

from Latin par

Example Sentences

In one post on her blog, paridust, the fashion blogger Pari Ehsan poses in front of a 1980s Keith Haring work.

From The Daily Beast

“A couple of times she has made me cry,” says Pari Moayer, a school nurse with bright eyes and a kind and soothing demeanor.

From The Daily Beast

To ensure the banks end up with the required $1.4 trillion, the government should put in capital pari passu with investors.

From The Daily Beast

Every increase in the output of kerosene produces pari passu an increase of the other commodities.

From Project Gutenberg

For neither fuel consumption nor wages of train crews expands pari passu with the paying load.

From Project Gutenberg

Huic filius Roluo succedit, uir corporis animique dotibus uenustus, qui statur magnitudinem pari uirtutis habitu commendaret.

From Project Gutenberg

Qualiter enim regem censeri posse, cui senectus animum, ccitas oculum pari caliginis horrore fuscauerit?

From Project Gutenberg

The growth of artificial wants is as much the cause as the effect of civilisation: they proceed pari passu.

From Project Gutenberg