paraula

Inherited from Old Catalan paraula, from Latin parabola (“parable, proverb”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). First attested in the 12th century.^[1] Compare Occitan paraula, French parole, Spanish palabra. Doublet of paràbola, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾaw.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈɾaw.la]

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paraula f (plural paraules)

1. word

   Synonym: mot

• donar la paraula
• joc de paraules
• paraulada
• paraulejar
• parauler
• paraulota

• parlar

• “paraula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “paraula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “paraula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• palaura, paraura, palaula

From Late Latin, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Compare Spanish palabra, Italian parola.

paraula f

1. word

From Old Occitan paraulla, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), attested from the 12th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾawlo/

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paraula f (plural paraulas)

1. word

• parlar

paraula f (oblique plural paraulas, nominative singular paraula, nominative plural paraulas)

1. alternative form of paraulla