parabel

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

• IPA^(key): /paːˈraːbəl/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bel
• Rhymes: -aːbəl

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: parabel

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

• IPA^(key): [paˈrabəl]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bêl

parabel (plural parabel-parabel)

1. (literature) parable, a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy

• “parabel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

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

• (Bible) lignelse, liknelse

• parabolsk

• “parabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

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

• (Bible) likning

• parabolsk

• “parabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• allegori
• analogi
• kägelsnitt
• liknelse
• metafor
• parabol
• parallell

• parabel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• parabel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• parabel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From English parable.

parabel

1. parable