paralela

See also: paralelá

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin parallēlus, a borrowing of Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos). Compare Italian parallelo, French parallèle, Russian паралле́льный (parallélʹnyj), Polish paralela, English and German parallel, Yiddish פּאַראַלעל (paralel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paraˈlela/

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧le‧la

Adjective

paralela (accusative singular paralelan, plural paralelaj, accusative plural paralelajn)

1. parallel (of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces, etc. equally distant from one another at all points)

Related terms

• paralelo
• paralele

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)

Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn)

Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos)lbor.

Polish paralela

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈlɛ.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧le‧la

Noun

paralela f

1. parallel (elaborate tracing of one or more similarities)

   Synonym: porównanie

2. parallel (something identical or similar in essential respects)

   Synonym: odpowiednik

Declension

Declension of paralela

	singular	plural
nominative	paralela	paralele
genitive	paraleli	paralel
dative	paraleli	paralelom
accusative	paralelę	paralele
instrumental	paralelą	paralelami
locative	paraleli	paralelach
vocative	paralelo	paralele

Derived terms

adjective

• paralelny

Related terms

adverb

• paralelnie

nouns

• paralelizm
• paralelność

Further reading

• “paralela”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “paralela”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Adjective

paralela

1. feminine singular of paralelo

Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

paralela f (plural paralelas)

1. parallel

Adjective

paralela f sg

1. feminine singular of paralelo

Further reading

• “paralelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Etymology 2

Verb

paralela

1. inflection of paralelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative