parabool
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌpaːraːˈboːl/
noun
Definitions
- (math) parabola a conic section
- (literature) understatement
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin parabola (comparison, later, speech, illustration, word, parable, likeness) derived from Ancient Greek παραβολή (comparison, parable).
Origin
Ancient Greek
παραβολή
Gloss
comparison, parable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- parabola English
- *paraula Latin
- parabola Latin
- parabolo Latin
- parabolo, parabolō, parabolāre Latin
- parabolāre Latin
- parabolō Latin
- parabolō, parabolāre Latin
- Parole German
- parabola Italian
- parola Italian
- duin Dutch, Flemish
- paraboolduin Dutch, Flemish
- parabole French
- пара́бола Russian
- palabra Spanish, Castilian
- parábola Spanish, Castilian
- παραβάλλω Ancient Greek
- παραβολή Ancient Greek
- παραβολικός Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- parabel Norwegian Bokmål
- palavra Portuguese
- parábola Portuguese
- parabel Norwegian Nynorsk
- parable Old French
- parabole Old French
- parole Old French
- paràbola Catalan, Valencian
- parábola Galician
- pravoa Galician
- παραβολή Greek (modern)
- parabola Indonesian
- përrallë Albanian
- parole Middle French
- palavra Old Portuguese
- pallabra Asturian
- peraule Friulian
- paraulla Old Occitan
- parlar Old Occitan
- baramail Middle Irish
- parabla Old Spanish
- palora Sicilian
- paroła Venetian
- paraul Dalmatian
- paraula Dalmatian
- parola Ladin