parabel

From Dutch parabel, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola.

• IPA^(key): [paˈrabəl]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bêl

parabel (first-person possessive parabelku, second-person possessive parabelmu, third-person possessive parabelnya)

1. (literature) parable, a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

• “parabel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), via Latin parabola.

parabel m (definite singular parabelen, indefinite plural parabler, definite plural parablene)

1. (in the Bible) a parable
2. (geometry) a parabola

• (Bible) lignelse, liknelse

• parabolsk

• “parabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), via Latin parabola.

parabel m (definite singular parabelen, indefinite plural parablar, definite plural parablane)

1. (in the Bible) a parable
2. (geometry) a parabola

• (Bible) likning

• parabolsk

• “parabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

parabel c

1. a parabola (the conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone)
2. a parable, a short story with an analogy

• kägelsnitt
• parabol

From English parable.

parabel

1. parable