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nonpareille

  • \nɔ̃.pa.ʁɛj\

Where it comes from

De nonpareil (ce qu’il y a de plus petit).

noun nonpareilles

  1. En mercerie, sorte de ruban fort étroit. Un nœud de nonpareille.
  2. Chez les confiseurs, sorte de dragée fort menue. De la nonpareille de Verdun.
  3. Des plus petits caractères, que l’on appelle plus habituellement aujourd’hui corps de six points ou, elliptiquement, corps six.

adjective nonpareil · nonpareils · nonpareilles

  1. Féminin singulier de nonpareil

In English

  • nonpareil size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size

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MLA

"nonpareille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/nonpareille. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

nonpareille. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/nonpareille

Chicago

"nonpareille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/nonpareille.

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@misc{nonpareille_2026,
  title = {nonpareille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/nonpareille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}