paraply

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Danish

Etymology

From French parapluie, from para- (“against”) +‎ pluie (“rain”). The first element is borrowed from Italian para-, from the verb parare (“to shield”), from Latin parare (“to prepare”). The second element is the noun pluie, from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

paraply c (singular definite paraplyen, plural indefinite paraplyer)

  1. umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain)
  2. umbrella organisation (an organisation serving the interests of a group of other organisations)

Declension

Declension of paraply
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative paraply paraplyen paraplyer paraplyerne
genitive paraplys paraplyens paraplyers paraplyernes

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From French parapluie.

Noun

paraply m (definite singular paraplyen, indefinite plural paraplyer, definite plural paraplyene)

  1. an umbrella, or brolly (UK, informal) (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From French parapluie.

Noun

paraply m (definite singular paraplyen, indefinite plural paraplyar, definite plural paraplyane)

  1. an umbrella, or brolly (UK, informal) (as above)

Derived terms

References

Swedish

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Wikipedia sv
ett paraply

Etymology

From French parapluie.

Pronunciation

Noun

paraply n

  1. an umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain)
    fälla upp paraplyet
    open / put up the umbrella
    fälla ihop paraplyet
    close / put down the umbrella
    Det kan regna, så med ett paraply
    It might rain, so bring an umbrella

Declension

Declension of paraply
nominative genitive
singular indefinite paraply paraplys
definite paraplyet paraplyets
plural indefinite paraplyer paraplyers
definite paraplyerna paraplyernas

See also

References

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