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, 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)

Inherited 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]
• (modern Italianate 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 oblique singular, 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