parole

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French parole (“word, formal promise”), from Late Latin parabola (“speech”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: pə-rōlʹ, IPA: /pəˈroːl/, SAMPA: /pə"ro:l/
  • (UK) IPA: [pə.ˈɹəʊɫ], SAMPA: [p@."r\@U5]
  • (US) IPA: [pə.ˈɹoʊɫ], SAMPA: [p@."r\oU5]
• Rhymes: -əʊl
• Hyphenation: pa‧role

Noun

parole (plural paroles)

1. (law) The release of (a prisoner) on the understanding that he/she checks in regularly and obeys the law.
2. The amount of time a prisoner spends on limited release.
3. (linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
4. (US) The permission for foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.

Derived terms

• parole board
• parolee

Translations

law: a release of (a prisoner)

American Sign Language: BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross Chinese: Mandarin: 假釋 (cmn), 假释 (cmn) (jiǎshì) Czech: podmínečné propuštění (cs) n. Finnish: ehdonalainen (fi) French: libération conditionnelle (fr) f. German: bedingte Haftentlassung (de) f., Bewährung (de) f.

Icelandic: reynslulausn (is) f. Japanese: 仮釈放 (ja) (かりしゃくほう, kari-shakuhō) Portuguese: condicional (pt) f. Russian: условно-досрочное освобождение (ru) (uslóvno-dosróčnoje osvoboždénije) n., УДО (ru) (udó, u-de-ó) n., досрочное освобождение (ru) (dosróčnoje osvoboždénije) n., условное освобождение (ru) (uslóvnoje osvoboždénije) n. Spanish: libertad condicional (es) f. Swedish: villkorlig frigivning (sv) c.

an amount of time

American Sign Language: BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross

Finnish: ehdonalainen (fi) Japanese: 仮釈放 (ja) (kari-shussho)

linguistics: language in use

Finnish: puhekieli (fi), puhe (fi)

External links

• Parole (United States immigration) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Parole (United States immigration)

Verb

parole (third-person singular simple present paroles, present participle paroling, simple past and past participle paroled)

1. (transitive) To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Late Latin parabola.

Noun

parole f. (oblique plural paroles, nominative singular parole, nominative plural paroles)

1. word
   • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     A ceste parole a grant bruit

     Saying this caused uproar

Synonyms

• (word): mot

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Latin parabola (“comparison”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /pa.ʁɔl/, SAMPA: /pa.ROl/

Noun

parole f. (plural paroles)

1. voice, spoken word
2. (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)

   paroles d'une chanson - words of a song, lyrics of a song

3. promise, word

   il tient parole - he keeps his word

4. floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly

   Le député a la parole - the member has the floor

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paɾɔle/, SAMPA: /pa4Ole/

Noun

parole f. pl.

1. Plural form of parola.

   Ci vogliono fatti e non parole.

   Action is needed, not words.

2. (of a song) lyrics, words

   Musica di Paolo, parole di Lorenzo

   Music by Paolo, lyrics by Lorenzo.

Synonyms

• (lyrics): testo

Anagrams

• palerò, polare

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Latvian

Noun

parole f. (parole)

1. password

Declension

Fifth declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	parole	paroles
genitive	paroles	paroļu
dative	parolei	parolēm
accusative	paroli	paroles
locative	parolē	parolēs

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Old French

Etymology

Late Latin parabola

Noun

parole f. (oblique plural paroles, nominative singular parole, nominative plural paroles)

1. word
2. (by extension, figuratively) the right to speak

Synonyms

• (word): mot