parabel

See also: Parabel

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch parabel, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈrabəl]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bêl

Noun

parabel (first-person possessive parabelku, second-person possessive parabelmu, third-person possessive parabelnya)

1. (literature) parable, a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Further reading

• “parabel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), via Latin parabola.

Noun

parabel m (definite singular parabelen, indefinite plural parabler, definite plural parablene)

1. (in the Bible) a parable
2. (geometry) a parabola

Synonyms

• (Bible) lignelse, liknelse

Related terms

• parabolsk

References

• “parabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), via Latin parabola.

Noun

parabel m (definite singular parabelen, indefinite plural parablar, definite plural parablane)

1. (in the Bible) a parable
2. (geometry) a parabola

Synonyms

• (Bible) likning

Related terms

• parabolsk

References

• “parabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

parabel

Noun

parabel c

1. a parabola (the conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone)
2. a parable, a short story with an analogy

Declension

Declension of parabel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	parabel	parabeln	parabler	parablerna
Genitive	parabels	parabelns	parablers	parablernas

See also

• kägelsnitt
• parabol

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English parable.

Noun

parabel

1. parable