パラ
Japanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “contrary”).[1]
Noun edit
- (chemistry) para-; a benzene ring with two substituents in opposite positions
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
- palla, an outer garment worn by women in Ancient Rome
Etymology 3 edit
From パラリンピック (pararinpikku).
Prefix edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
- Clipping of パラレル (parareru, “parallel; simultaneousness”).
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “パラ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014