parabel

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːˈraːbəl/
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bel
  • Rhymes: -aːbəl

Noun

parabel f (plural parabelen or parabels, diminutive parabeltje n)

  1. parable
    De parabel van de Verloren Zoon gaat over de barmhartigheid van de vader.
    The parable of the Prodigal Son is about the mercy of the father.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bêl

Noun

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.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

References

Swedish

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of parabel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite parabel parabels
definite parabeln parabelns
plural indefinite parabler parablers
definite parablerna parablernas

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English parable.

Noun

parabel

  1. parable
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