parabole

See also: parabolé and parabolë

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin , from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.

Noun

parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)

1. (rhetoric) similitude; comparison

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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French

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

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

Etymology 2

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.

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Italian

Noun

parabole f

1. plural of parabola

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) parabole m

1. vocative singular of parabolus

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Middle English

Noun

parabole

1. Alternative form of parable

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Old French

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

• → English: parable
• French: parabole

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Polish

Noun

parabole f pl

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