parallell

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Adjective

parallell (neuter singular parallelt, definite singular and plural parallelle)

  1. parallel

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Adjective

parallell (neuter singular parallelt, definite singular and plural parallelle)

  1. parallel

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Adjective

parallell (not comparable)

  1. parallel (of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally distant from one another at all points)

Declension

Inflection of parallell
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular parallell
neuter singular parallellt
plural parallella
masculine plural2 parallelle
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 parallelle
all parallella

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Noun

parallell c

  1. a parallel (parallel line)
  2. (geography) a parallel
  3. a parallel (similarity)
    dra paralleller mellan två saker
    draw parallels between two things
    en katastrof med få paralleller
    a catastrophe with few parallels

Declension

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