parasol

See also: Parasol and para-sol

English

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) +‎ sole (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

parasol (plural parasols)

1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
3. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
4. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.

Synonyms

• (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella, beach umbrella

Derived terms

• parasol ant
• parasol cell
• parasol mushroom
• parasol tree
• parasol wing

Translations

umbrella used as protection from the sun

• Arabic: مَظَلَّة‎ f (maẓalla), شَمْسِيَّة‎ f (šamsiyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَظَلَّة‎ f (maẓalla)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: disheolier (br) m
• Bulgarian: слънчобран (bg) m (slǎnčobran)
• Burmese: ထီး (my) (hti:)
• Catalan: para-sol (ca) m, ombrel·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遮陽傘 (zh), 遮阳伞 (zh) (zhēyángsǎn), 太陽傘, 太阳伞 (tàiyángsǎn), 陽傘 (zh), 阳伞 (zh) (yángsǎn)

• Cornish: howllen f
• Dutch: parasol (nl) m
• Esperanto: sunombrelo
• Farefare: mã'antɩa
• Finnish: auringonvarjo
• French: ombrelle (fr) f, parasol (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sonnenschirm (de) m
• Greek: παρασόλ (el) (parasól)

  Ancient: σκιάδειον n (skiádeion)

• Hungarian: napernyő (hu)
• Ido: parasuno (io)
• Irish: parasól m
• Italian: parasole (it) m

• Japanese: 日傘 (ひがさ, higasa), パラソル (parasoru)
• Korean: 파라솔 (ko) (parasol)
• Latin: umbella (la) f
• Luxembourgish: Sonneprabbeli (lb) m
• Macedonian: сонцобран m (soncobran)
• Manx: feayragan, scaa-greiney, scaalan
• Ottoman Turkish: شمسیه‎ (şemsiye)
• Plautdietsch: Sonnenschorm m
• Polish: parasol (pl)
• Portuguese: sombrinha (pt) f (Brazil)
• Quechua: achiwa
• Romanian: umbrelă de soare f, parasol (ro) n (rare)
• Russian: зо́нтик (от со́лнца) m (zóntik (ot sólnca)), тент (ru) m (tɛnt), парасо́ль (ru) (parasólʹ), авиацио́нное прикры́тие n (aviaciónnoje prikrýtije), прикры́тие во́йск с во́здуха (prikrýtije vójsk s vózduxa)
• Sanskrit: छत्त्र (sa) m (chattra)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàilean m, grian-sgàilean m, fasgadan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̏нцобра̄н m

  Roman: sȕncobrān (sh) m

• Spanish: parasol, sombrilla (es)
• Swedish: parasoll (sv) c
• Thai: ร่มกันแดด
• Turkish: güneşlik (tr), şemsiye (tr)
• Ukrainian: парасоль (uk) m (parasolʹ)
• Volapük: solajelöm (vo)
• Welsh: parasol m

Verb

parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasoling or parasolling, simple past and past participle parasoled or parasolled)

1. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
   • 1826, The Monthly Magazine (page 161)

     Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]

   • 2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song (page 19)

     […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.

Anagrams

• Rapalos

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈsɔl/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧sol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)

1. parasol

Derived terms

• parasolvoet

Related terms

• paraplu

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: pansolo, parisola
• Negerhollands: paresol
• → Aukan: paasoo
• → Papiamentu: parasòl
• → Saramaccan: paazóo

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French

Etymology

From Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.sɔl/

• Audio

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Noun

parasol m (plural parasols)

1. a large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

parar (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasois)

1. umbrella, sunshade, parasol (used to protect against the sun)
2. sun visor

Synonyms

• (sunshade): antuca f, catasol m

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French parasol.

Noun

parasol

1. umbrella

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.sɔl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -asɔl
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

Noun

parasol m inan

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun or rain)

Declension

Declension of parasol

	singular	plural
nominative	parasol	parasole
genitive	parasolu	parasoli
dative	parasolowi	parasolom
accusative	parasol	parasole
instrumental	parasolem	parasolami
locative	parasolu	parasolach
vocative	parasolu	parasole

Derived terms

adjectives

• parasolowaty
• parasolowy

 

nouns

• parasolka
• parasolnik

 

Related terms

adjectives

• parasolkowaty
• parasolkowy
• parasolniczy

 

adverbs

• parasolkowato
• parasolowato

 

noun

• parasolnictwo

 

Further reading

• parasol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parasol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From German Parasol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈsol/

Noun

parasol n (plural parasoluri)

1. (archaic, regional) a parasol (umbrella used as protection from the sun)

   Synonym: umbrelă de soare

2. wing (of a monoplane)

Declension

Declension of parasol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) parasol	parasolul	(niște) parasoluri	parasolurile
genitive/dative	(unui) parasol	parasolului	(unor) parasoluri	parasolurilor
vocative	parasolule		parasolurilor

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French parasol.

Noun

parasol

1. umbrella

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Spanish

Etymology

parar (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasoles)

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
2. sunshade
3. (automotive) sun visor
4. parasol

See also

• parabrisas
• paraguas
• parachoques
• paracaídas

Further reading

• “parasol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014