As a noun paren
is (informal) a parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
As an adjective parev is
.
paren
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(informal) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
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parev
English
Adjective
(-)
Usage notes
In Yiddish, the attributive form of the adjective. Some speakers familiar with Yiddish use this distribution in English as well, e.g. My mom made a pareve''' casserole'' but ''This casserole is '''parev .