parabole

See also: parabolé, parabolę, 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) Obsolete spelling of parable.
   • 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Parabole.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 18:

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

Albanian

Noun

parabole

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of parabolë

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.bɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: paraboles

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

1. (geometry) parabola

   Coordinate term: hyperbole

2. dish (antenna)

Derived terms

• parabolique

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 Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈra.bɔ.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈraː.bo.le]

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 oblique singular, 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