parabole

See also: parabolé and parabolë

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.

Noun

parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)

1. (rhetoric) similitude; comparison
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 18:

     Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares;
     Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears.]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “parabole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: paraboles

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

1. (mathematics, physics) parabola
2. dish (antenna)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French parabole, borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parole, which was inherited.

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

1. (literature) parable

Further reading

• “parabole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.le/
• Rhymes: -abole
• Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧bo‧le

Noun

parabole f

1. plural of parabola

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräbɔɫ̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräːbole]

Noun

parabole m

1. vocative singular of parabolus

Middle English

Noun

parabole

1. Alternative form of parable

Old French

Alternative forms

• parable

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Compare parole.

Noun

parabole f (oblique plural paraboles, nominative singular parabole, nominative plural paraboles)

1. parable

Descendants

• French: parabole
• Norman: pathabole
• → Middle English: parable, parabole, parabol, parabele, parabyl, parabyll, parabil
  • English: parable
  • Scots: parable
  • Yola: parboles (plural)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈbɔ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧bo‧le

Noun

parabole f pl

1. nominative plural of parabola
2. accusative plural of parabola
3. vocative plural of parabola