parabola

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) parabola
2. (broadly, feminine) course
3. (feminine) parable
4. (feminine) satellite dish

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of parabolare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of parabolare:

Concepts

parabola

parable

dish

fable

satellite dish

saucer

dish aerial

parabole

allegorist

parabola parable

allegory

dish antenna

Synonyms

antenna parabolica

allegoria

apologo

parabolica

Translations

parábola

parabole

Parabel

parábola

παραβολή

paràbola

parabool

parabel

Gleichnis

Satellitenschüssel

Parabolantenne

parabólica

Hyphenated as

pa‧rà‧bo‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈra.bo.la/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parola, which was inherited. Mathematical sense taken from New Latin or Greek.