parabole

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

parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)

1. (rhetoric) similitude; comparison
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 18:

     Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares;
     Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears.]

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: paraboles

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

parabole f (plural paraboles)

1. (mathematics, physics) parabola
2. dish (antenna)

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

parabole f (plural paraboles)

1. (literature) parable

• “parabole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

parabole f

1. plural of parabola

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräbɔɫ̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.bo.le/, [päˈräːbole]

parabole m

1. vocative singular of parabolus

parabole

1. Alternative form of parable

• parable

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

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

1. parable

• French: parabole
• Norman: pathabole
• → Middle English: parable, parabole, parabol, parabele, parabyl, parabyll, parabil
  • English: parable
  • Scots: parable
  • Yola: parboles (plural)

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

parabole f pl

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