This is the 4665th most frequent French word.
paru
"Paru" means "published" or "appeared."
Here, 'paru' is used as the past participle of 'paraître', meaning 'to be published' in the context of a book or publication.
Le livre est paru hier.
The book was published yesterday.
In this example, 'paru' is used as the past participle of 'paraître', meaning 'to seem or appear', expressing an impression.
Elle m'a paru sincère.
She seemed sincere to me.
'Paru', here again as the past participle of 'paraître', means 'to appear', referring to someone's mention or presence in a publication.