paraula

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan paraula, from Latin parabola (“parable, proverb”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). First attested in the 12th century. Compare Occitan paraula, French parole, Italian parola, Sicilian palora, Spanish palabra. Doublet of paràbola, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾaw.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈɾaw.la]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

paraula f (plural paraules)

1. word

   Synonym: mot

Derived terms

• donar la paraula
• joc de paraules
• paraulada
• paraulejar
• parauler
• paraulota

Related terms

• parlar

References

• “paraula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “paraula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “paraula”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• palaura, paraura, palaula

Etymology

From Late Latin, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Compare Spanish palabra, Italian parola.

Noun

paraula f

1. word

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan paraulla, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), attested from the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾawlo/

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

paraula f (plural paraulas)

1. word

Related terms

• parlar

Old Occitan

Noun

paraula f (oblique plural paraulas, nominative singular paraula, nominative plural paraulas)

1. alternative form of paraulla