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parabola

See also: parábola, paràbola, parabolă, and parabolą

English

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a parabola (1)

Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: pərăb'ələ, IPA(key): /pəˈɹæbələ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin parabola.

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

Noun

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parabola f

  1. parabola (geometry)
  2. parable

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Declension of parabola (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative parabola paraboly
genitive paraboly parabol
dative parabole parabolám
accusative parabolu paraboly
vocative parabolo paraboly
locative parabole parabolách
instrumental parabolou parabolami

Further reading

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  • “parabola”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “parabola”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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Verb

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parabola

  1. third-person singular past historic of paraboler

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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parabola (plural parabolák)

  1. (geometry) parabola

Declension

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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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		paraboláé paraboláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		paraboláéi parabolákéi
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

Further reading

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  • parabola in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabel.

Noun

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parabola (plural parabola-parabola)

  1. (geometry) parabola, 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. (colloquial) satellite dish (a parabolic antenna)
    Synonyms: antena parabola, antena satelit
  3. (by metonymy, colloquial) satellite television (subscription)
    Synonym: televisi satelit

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.la/
  • Rhymes: -abola
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧bo‧la

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parola, which was inherited. Mathematical sense taken from New Latin or Greek.

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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parabola

  1. inflection of parabolare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”).

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Noun

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parabola f (genitive parabolae); first declension

  1. A comparison, illustration, likeness
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin) An allegorical relation, parable; proverb; taunting speech or any speech.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.6:
      animadvertet parabolam et interpretātiōnem, verba sapientum et aenigmata eōrum
      He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  3. (Medieval Latin, Late Latin) word

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First-declension noun.

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

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin parabola. Doublet of parol.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.raˈbɔ.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

Noun

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parabola f

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. (narratology, rhetoric) parable

Declension

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Declension of parabola
singular plural
nominative parabola parabole
genitive paraboli paraboli/parabol
dative paraboli parabolom
accusative parabolę parabole
instrumental parabolą parabolami
locative paraboli parabolach
vocative parabolo parabole

Further reading

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  • parabola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • parabola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

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paràbola f (Cyrillic spelling пара̀бола)

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. parable

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Declension of parabola
singular plural
nominative parabola parabole
genitive parabole parabola
dative paraboli parabolama
accusative parabolu parabole
vocative parabolo parabole
locative paraboli parabolama
instrumental parabolom parabolama

Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin parabola.

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parabola f (related adjective parabolický, diminutive parabolka)

  1. (geometry) parabola
  2. parable

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Declension of parabola (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeparabolaparaboly
genitiveparabolyparabol
dativeparaboleparabolám
accusativeparaboluparaboly
locativeparaboleparabolách
instrumentalparabolouparabolami

Further reading

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  • “parabola”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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