parabole
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.
Noun[edit]
parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).
Noun[edit]
parabole f (plural paraboles)
- (mathematics, physics) parabola
- dish (antenna)
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old French parabole, borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parole, which was inherited.
Noun[edit]
parabole f (plural paraboles)
Further reading[edit]
- “parabole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
parabole f
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräbɔɫ̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräːbole]
Noun[edit]
parabole m
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
parabole
- Alternative form of parable
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Compare parole.
Noun[edit]
parabole f (oblique plural paraboles, nominative singular parabole, nominative plural paraboles)
Descendants[edit]
- French: parabole
- Norman: pathabole
- → Middle English: parable, parabole, parabol, parabele, parabyl, parabyll, parabil
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
parabole f pl
- English terms derived from Latin
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Rhetoric
- English terms with quotations
- English terms derived from the Ancient Greek word παραβάλλω
- French 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:French/ɔl
- Rhymes:French/ɔl/3 syllables
- French terms with homophones
- French terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
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- fr:Mathematics
- fr:Physics
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms borrowed from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French doublets
- fr:Literature
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/abole
- Rhymes:Italian/abole/4 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
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- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Old French terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Polish 4-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlɛ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlɛ/4 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms