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Meaning of parabola | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[paˈra.bɔ.ɫa]

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Bosanski parabola парабола
Català paràbola
Čeština podobenství
Cymraeg dameg
Dansk lignelse
Deutsch Gleichnis Gleichniserzählung Gleichnisrede Parabel
Ελληνικά παραβολή
English Parable
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
Italiano parabola
日本語 寓話 比喩 譬え話
ქართული იგავ-არაკი იგავი
Latina parabole
Lëtzebuergesch Gläichnes
Македонски парабола
Nederlands parabel
Polski parabola 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

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

See also

parabolae parabolam parabolane parabolani parabolanis parabolano

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