parasol

See also: Parasol and para-sol

English

Claude Monet - Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son

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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• Audio (General American):

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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. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
4. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
5. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
6. A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

Synonyms

• (umbrella used for protection against the sun): sunshade, sun umbrella; beach umbrella (often large); chatta (India); chatra (royal & religious symbol in South & East Asia)

Hyponyms

• (umbrella used for protection against the sun): umbrella

Derived terms

• microparasol
• parabrella
• parasol ant
• parasol beech
• parasol cell
• parasolette
• parasol leaf tree
• parasol mushroom
• parasol pine
• 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: հովանոց (hy) (hovanocʻ)
• Belarusian: парасо́н (be) m (parasón) (also umbrella)
• Breton: disheolier (br) m
• Bulgarian: слънчобра́н (bg) m (slǎnčobrán)
• Burmese: ထီး (my) (hti:)
• Catalan: para-sol (ca) m, ombrel·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Cornish: howllen f
• Czech: slunečník (cs) m
• Danish: parasol (da) c
• Dutch: parasol (nl) m
• Esperanto: sunombrelo
• Estonian: päevavari
• Farefare: mã'antɩa
• Finnish: auringonvarjo (fi)
• French: ombrelle (fr) f, parasol (fr) m
• Galician: parasol (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sonnenschirm (de) m
• Greek: παρασόλ (el) (parasól), αλεξήλιο (el) n (alexílio)

  Ancient Greek: σκιάδειον n (skiádeion)

• Hebrew: שמשייה / שִׁמְשִׁיָּה (he) f (shimshiyá)
• Hmong:

  White Hmong: kaus

• Hungarian: napernyő (hu)
• Ido: parasuno (io)
• Indonesian: parasol
• Irish: parasól m
• Italian: parasole (it) m
• Japanese: 日傘 (ja) (ひがさ, higasa), パラソル (ja) (parasoru)
• Korean: 양산(陽傘) (ko) (yangsan), 파라솔 (ko) (parasol), 일산(日傘) (ilsan)
• Latin: umbella (la) f
• Latvian: saulessargs m
• Lithuanian: skėtis m (also umbrella)
• Luxembourgish: Sonneprabbeli (lb) m
• Macedonian: сонцобран m (soncobran)
• Manx: feayragan, scaa-greiney, scaalan
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: شَمْسِیِّه (šamsiyye), چَتْرِ آفْتابی (čatr-e âftâbi)

• Plautdietsch: Sonnenschorm m
• Polish: parasol (pl) m (also umbrella)
• Portuguese: sombrinha (pt) f
• Quechua: achiwa
• Romanian: umbrelă de soare f, parasol (ro) n (rare)
• Russian: зо́нтик (от со́лнца) m (zóntik (ot sólnca)), парасо́ль (ru) m (parasólʹ) (dated)
• Sanskrit: छत्त्र (sa) m (chattra)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàilean m, grian-sgàilean m, fasgadan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̏нцобра̄н m

  Latin: sȕncobrān (sh) m

• Slovak: slnečník m, parazól m (dated)
• Slovene: sončnik m
• Spanish: parasol (es), sombrilla (es)
• Swedish: parasoll (sv) c
• Thai: ร่มกันแดด
• Turkish: güneşlik (tr), şemsiye (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: شمسیه (şemsiye)

• Ukrainian: парасо́лька f (parasólʹka) (also umbrella)
• Volapük: solajelöm (vo)
• Welsh: parasol m, heul-len f

Verb

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

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

• parasolden
• parasolvoet
• parasolzwam

Related terms

• paraplu

Descendants

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

Fala

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parasol (literally “umbrella, parasol”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasolis)

1. parasol mushroom

   Synonyms: paraguas (Mañegu), anelu (Mañegu, Valverdeñu), surtixha (Lagarteiru)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 217

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.sɔl/

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Noun

parasol m (plural parasols)

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

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Pardisol, Barisal, Pariso(l), Parisold
• → Bavarian: Parasoi
• → Danish: parasol
• → Dutch: parasol
• → English: parasol
• → German: Pa­ra­sol (obsolete)
• → German Low German: Paraplü, Paraplui, Parleplü (Hamburg)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: parasoll
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: parasoll
• → Romanian: parasol
• → Swedish: parasoll

See also

• parapluie
• paravent

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

parar (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/ [pa.ɾaˈs̺oɫ], /paɾaˈsɔl/ [pa.ɾaˈs̺ɔɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol, -ɔl
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧sol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasois)

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

   Synonyms: antuca f, catasol m

2. sun visor

Further reading

• “parasol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch parasol, from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈrasol/ [paˈra.sɔl]
• Rhymes: -asol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

Noun

parasol (plural parasol-parasol)

1. parasol

   Synonym: payung

Further reading

• “parasol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French parasol.

Noun

parasol

1. umbrella

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.sɔl/

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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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	parasol	parasolul		parasoluri	parasolurile
genitive-dative	parasol	parasolului		parasoluri	parasolurilor
vocative	parasolule			parasolurilor

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French parasol.

Noun

parasol

1. umbrella

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/ [pa.ɾaˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

Noun

parasol m (plural parasoles)

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

   Synonym: sombrilla

4. (automotive) sun visor

   Synonym: visera

See also

• parabrisas
• paracaídas
• parachoques
• paraguas

Further reading

• “parasol”, 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