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parabole

See also: parabolé and parabolë

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)

  1. (rhetoric) Obsolete spelling of parable.
    • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 18:
      Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares;
      Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears.      ]

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Noun

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parabole f (plural paraboles)

  1. (geometry) parabola
    Coordinate term: hyperbole
  2. dish (antenna)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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parabole f (plural paraboles)

  1. (literature) parable

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/
  • Rhymes: -abole
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧bo‧le

Noun

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parabole f

  1. plural of parabola

Latin

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Noun

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parabole m

  1. vocative singular of parabolus

Middle English

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Noun

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parabole

  1. Alternative form of parable

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. parable

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.raˈbɔ.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧bo‧le

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parabole f pl

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