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/

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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.

Synonyms

• (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella

Derived terms

• 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)

• Burmese: ထီး (my) (hti:)
• Catalan: para-sol m, ombrel·la 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)

• Finnish: auringonvarjo
• French: ombrelle (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sonnenschirm (de) m
• Hungarian: napernyő (hu)
• Ido: parasuno (io)
• Italian: parasole (it) m

• Japanese: 日傘 (ひがさ, higasa), パラソル (parasoru)
• Korean: 파라솔 (ko) (parasol)
• Luxembourgish: Sonneprabbeli (lb) m
• Macedonian: сонцобран m (soncobran)
• Polish: parasol (pl)
• Portuguese: sombrinha f
• Quechua: achiwa
• Russian: зо́нтик (ru) m (zóntik) (от солнца ot sónca), тент (ru) m (tɛnt), парасо́ль (ru) (parasólʹ), авиационное прикры́тие (ru) n (prikrýtije) (aviaciónnoje prikrýtije), прикрытие войск с воздуха (prikrýtije vojsk s vózduxa)
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕncobrān (sh) m
• Spanish: parasol
• Swedish: parasoll (sv) c
• Volapük: solajelöm (vo)

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Dutch

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. parasol

Related terms

• paraplu

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French

Etymology

From Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.sɔl/

Noun

parasol m (plural parasols)

1. parasol

Further reading

• “parasol” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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

• (sunhade): antuca f, catasol m

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Polish

Etymology

From Italian parasole

Pronunciation

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Noun

parasol m inan

1. umbrella (also for rain)

Declension

declension of parasol

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

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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. sun visor
4. parasol

See also

• parabrisas
• paraguas
• parachoques
• paracaídas