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parabola

EnglishEdit

 
a parabola (1)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.

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NounEdit

parabola (plural parabolas or parabolae or parabolæ)

  1. (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
  2. (rhetoric) The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.
    Synonym: parable

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parabola f

  1. parabola (geometry)

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parabola

  1. third-person singular past historic of paraboler

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EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

NounEdit

parabola (plural parabola-parabola, first-person possessive parabolaku, second-person possessive parabolamu, third-person possessive parabolanya)

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. (colloquial) satellite dish (a parabolic antenna)
    Synonyms: antena parabola, antena satelit
  3. (by metonymy, colloquial) satellite television (subscription)
    Synonym: televisi satelit

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parola.

Mathematical sense taken from New Latin or Greek.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.la/, [päˈr̺äːbo̞l̺ä]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧bo‧la

NounEdit

parabola f (plural parabole)

  1. (mathematics) parabola
    Synonym: curva
  2. (by extension) course
    Synonyms: andamento, percorso
  3. parable
  4. satellite dish
    Synonyms: parabolica, antenna parabolica

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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”)

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parabola f (genitive parabolae); first declension

  1. A comparison, illustration, likeness
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin) An allegorical relation, parable; proverb; taunting speech or any speech.
  3. (Medieval Latin, Late Latin) word

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative parabola parabolae
Genitive parabolae parabolārum
Dative parabolae parabolīs
Accusative parabolam parabolās
Ablative parabolā parabolīs
Vocative parabola parabolae

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Polish Wikipedia has articles on:
Wikipedia pl

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NounEdit

parabola f

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. parable

DeclensionEdit

declension of parabola
singular plural
nominative parabola parabole
genitive paraboli paraboli/parabol
dative paraboli parabolom
accusative parabolę parabole
instrumental parabolą parabolami
locative paraboli parabolach
vocative parabolo parabole

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /parǎbola/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

NounEdit

paràbola f (Cyrillic spelling пара̀бола)

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. parable

DeclensionEdit

Declension of parabola
singular plural
nominative parabola parabole
genitive parabole parabola
dative paraboli parabolama
accusative parabolu parabole
vocative parabolo parabole
locative paraboli parabolama
instrumental parabolom parabolama
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