parabola

See also: parábola, paràbola, and parabolă

English

a parabola (1)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Doublet of parable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈɹæbələ/

Noun

parabola (plural parabolas or parabolae or parabolæ)

  1. (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
  2. (rhetoric) The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.
    Synonym: parable

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Czech

Noun

parabola f

  1. parabola (geometry)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

parabola

  1. third-person singular past historic of paraboler

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrɒbolɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

Noun

parabola (plural parabolák)

  1. (geometry) parabola

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative parabola parabolák
accusative parabolát parabolákat
dative parabolának paraboláknak
instrumental parabolával parabolákkal
causal-final paraboláért parabolákért
translative parabolává parabolákká
terminative paraboláig parabolákig
essive-formal parabolaként parabolákként
essive-modal — —
inessive parabolában parabolákban
superessive parabolán parabolákon
adessive parabolánál paraboláknál
illative parabolába parabolákba
sublative parabolára parabolákra
allative parabolához parabolákhoz
elative parabolából parabolákból
delative paraboláról parabolákról
ablative parabolától paraboláktól
Possessive forms of parabola
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. parabolám paraboláim
2nd person sing. parabolád paraboláid
3rd person sing. parabolája parabolái
1st person plural parabolánk paraboláink
2nd person plural parabolátok paraboláitok
3rd person plural parabolájuk paraboláik

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.la/, [päˈr̺äːbo̞l̺ä]
  • Stress: paràbola
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

Noun

parabola f (plural parabole)

  1. (mathematics) parabola
    Synonym: curva
  2. (by extension) course
    Synonyms: andamento, percorso
  3. parable
  4. satellite dish
    Synonyms: parabolica, antenna parabolica

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.la/, [paˈra.bɔ.ɫa]

Noun

parabola f (genitive parabolae); first declension

  1. A comparison, illustration, likeness
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) An allegorical relation, parable; proverb; taunting speech or any speech.
  3. (Medieval Latin) word

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative parabola parabolae
genitive parabolae parabolārum
dative parabolae parabolīs
accusative parabolam parabolās
ablative parabolā parabolīs
vocative parabola parabolae

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.raˈbɔ.la/

Noun

parabola f

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. parable

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /parǎbola/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

Noun

paràbola f (Cyrillic spelling пара̀бола)

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. parable

Declension

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