parasol

See also Parasol

English

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

parasol (plural parasols)

1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun

Synonyms

• (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella

Translations

umbrella used as protection from the sun

• Arabic: شمسية (ar) (šamsíyya) f
• Burmese: ထီး (my) (hti:)
• Catalan: para-sol (ca) m, ombrel·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遮陽傘 (cmn), 遮阳伞 (cmn) (zhēyángsǎn), 太陽傘 (cmn), 太阳伞 (cmn) (tàiyángsǎn), 陽傘 (cmn), 阳伞 (cmn) (yángsǎn)

• Finnish: auringonvarjo (fi)
• French: ombrelle (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sonnenschirm (de) m
• Hungarian: napernyő (hu)

• Italian: parasole (it) m
• Japanese: 日傘 (ja) (ひがさ, higasa), パラソル (ja) (parasoru)
• Korean: 파라솔 (ko) (parasol)
• Luxembourgish: Sonneprabbeli (lb) m
• Macedonian: сонцобран (mk) (sóncobran) m
• Russian: зонтик (ru) (zóntik) m (от солнца ot sónca), тент (ru) (tɛnt) m, парасоль (ru) (parasól’), авиационное прикрытие (ru) (prikrytije) n (aviaciónnoje prikrýtije), прикрытие войск с воздуха (prikrýtije vojsk s vózduxa)
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕncobrān (sh) m
• Spanish: parasol (es)
• Volapük: solajelöm (vo)

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Dutch

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

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Noun

parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje)

1. parasol

Related terms

• paraplu

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French

Etymology

From Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pa.ʁa.sɔl/

Noun

parasol m (plural parasols)

1. parasol

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Polish

Etymology

From Italian parasole

Noun

parasol m

1. umbrella (also for rain)

Declension

    declension of parasol

	singular	plural
nominative	parasol	parasole
genitive	parasola	parasoli
dative	parasolowi	parasolom
accusative	parasol	parasole
instrumental	parasolem	parasolami
locative	parasolu	parasolach
vocative	parasolu	parasole

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Spanish

Etymology

parar, to stop + sol, sun

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasoles)

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
2. sunshade
3. parasol

See also

• parabrisas
• paraguas
• parachoques
• paracaídas