parasol
English edit
Etymology edit
From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”).
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Noun edit
parasol (plural parasols)
- A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
- A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
- A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
- (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
- Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
- The parasol mushroom, Macrolepiota procera
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- (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella, beach umbrella, sun umbrella
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Verb edit
parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasoling or parasolling, simple past and past participle parasoled or parasolled)
- (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
- 1826, The Monthly Magazine, page 161:
- Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]
- 2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song, page 19:
- […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.
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Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.
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parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)
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Borrowed from Spanish parasol (literally “umbrella, parasol”)
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parasol m (plural parasolis)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian parasole.
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parasol m (plural parasols)
- a large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun
Further reading edit
- “parasol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
parar (“to stop”) + sol (“sun”)
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parasol m (plural parasois)
Further reading edit
- “parasol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Mauritian Creole edit
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parasol
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.
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parasol m inan
- umbrella (used to protect against the sun or rain)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | parasol | parasole |
genitive | parasolu | parasoli |
dative | parasolowi | parasolom |
accusative | parasol | parasole |
instrumental | parasolem | parasolami |
locative | parasolu | parasolach |
vocative | parasolu | parasole |
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parasol n (plural parasoluri)
- (archaic, regional) a parasol (umbrella used as protection from the sun)
- Synonym: umbrelă de soare
- wing (of a monoplane)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) parasol | parasolul | (niște) parasoluri | parasolurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) parasol | parasolului | (unor) parasoluri | parasolurilor |
vocative | parasolule | parasolurilor |
Seychellois Creole edit
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parasol
References edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + sol (“sun”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parasol m (plural parasoles)
- parasol
- umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
- sunshade
- Synonym: sombrilla
- (automotive) sun visor
- Synonym: visera
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “parasol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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