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Meaning of parabola | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2

[paˈra.bɔ.ɫa]

Definitions

A comparison, illustration, likeness
declension-1, feminine
An allegorical relation, parable; proverb; taunting speech or any speech.
Ecclesiastical, Late-Latin, Latin, declension-1, feminine
word
Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

العربية مثل

Bosanski parabola парабола

Català paràbola

Čeština parabola podobenství

Cymraeg dameg

Dansk lignelse

Deutsch Gleichnis Gleichniserzählung Gleichnisrede Parabel

Ελληνικά παραβολή

English Illustration Likeness Parable Proverb word

Esperanto parabolo

Español parábola

Euskara berdintza

فارسی حکایت

Suomi paraabeli vertauskertomus

Français parable parabole

Gàidhlig cosamhlachd

Galego parábola

עברית משל

Hrvatski parabola парабола

Bahasa Indonesia parabel perumpamaan

Italiano parabola

日本語例話寓話比喩譬え話

ქართული იგავ-არაკი იგავი

Latina parabole

Lëtzebuergesch Gläichnes

Македонски парабола

Nederlands parabel

Polski parabola przepowieść przypowieść

Português parábola

Русский иносказа́ние при́тча

Српски parabola парабола

Svenska liknelse

Українська притча

Examples

“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)

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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