parabole

See also: parabolé and parabolë

English

Etymology

From Latin , from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.

Noun

parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)

  1. (rhetoric) similitude; comparison

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for parabole in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.bɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl
  • Homophone: paraboles

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

  1. (mathematics, physics) parabola
  2. dish (antenna)

Etymology 2

From Old French parabole, borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parole, which was inherited.

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

  1. (literature) parable

Further reading

Italian

Noun

parabole f

  1. plural of parabola

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [paˈra.bɔ.ɫɛ]

Noun

parabole m

  1. vocative singular of parabolus

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Compare parole.

Noun

parabole f (oblique plural paraboles, nominative singular parabole, nominative plural paraboles)

  1. parable

Descendants

Middle English

Noun

parabole

  1. Alternative form of parable

Polish

Noun

parabole f pl

  1. nominative plural of parabola
  2. accusative plural of parabola
  3. vocative plural of parabola
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