parabole
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin , from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.
Noun
editparabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).
Noun
editparabole f (plural paraboles)
- (mathematics, physics) parabola
- dish (antenna)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old French parabole, borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parole, which was inherited.
Noun
editparabole f (plural paraboles)
Further reading
edit- “parabole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editparabole f
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräbɔɫ̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräːbole]
Noun
editparabole m
Middle English
editNoun
editparabole
- Alternative form of parable
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Compare parole.
Noun
editparabole oblique singular, f (oblique plural paraboles, nominative singular parabole, nominative plural paraboles)
Descendants
editPolish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editparabole f pl
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