parabola

See also: parábola, paràbola, and parabolă

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.

PronunciationEdit

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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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin parabola.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈparabola]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

NounEdit

parabola f

  1. parabola (geometry)
  2. parable

DeclensionEdit

Declension
singular plural
nominative parabola paraboly
genitive paraboly parabol
dative parabole parabolám
accusative parabolu paraboly
vocative parabolo paraboly
locative parabole parabolách
instrumental parabolou parabolami

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

parabola

  1. third-person singular past historic of paraboler

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrɒbolɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

NounEdit

parabola (plural parabolák)

  1. (geometry) parabola

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative parabola parabolák
accusative parabolát parabolákat
dative parabolának paraboláknak
instrumental parabolával parabolákkal
causal-final paraboláért parabolákért
translative parabolává parabolákká
terminative paraboláig parabolákig
essive-formal parabolaként parabolákként
essive-modal — —
inessive parabolában parabolákban
superessive parabolán parabolákon
adessive parabolánál paraboláknál
illative parabolába parabolákba
sublative parabolára parabolákra
allative parabolához parabolákhoz
elative parabolából parabolákból
delative paraboláról parabolákról
ablative parabolától paraboláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		paraboláé paraboláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		paraboláéi parabolákéi
Possessive forms of parabola
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. parabolám paraboláim
2nd person sing. parabolád paraboláid
3rd person sing. parabolája parabolái
1st person plural parabolánk paraboláink
2nd person plural parabolátok paraboláitok
3rd person plural parabolájuk paraboláik

Further readingEdit

  • parabola in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabel.

NounEdit

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

  1. (geometry) parabola, 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. (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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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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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Descendants

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PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has articles on:
Wikipedia pl

PronunciationEdit

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

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin parabola.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

parabola f (genitive singular paraboly, nominative plural paraboly, genitive plural parabol, declension pattern of žena)

  1. parabola (geometry)
  2. parable

DeclensionEdit

Declension of parabola
singular plural
nominative parabola paraboly
genitive paraboly parabol
dative parabole parabolám
accusative parabolu paraboly
locative parabole parabolách
instrumental parabolou parabolami

ReferencesEdit

  • parabola in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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