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parabola

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See also: parábola, paràbola, parabolă, and parabolą

English

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a parabola (1)

Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “to set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pəˈɹæb.ə.lə/
    • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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parabola (plural parabolas or parabolae or parabolæ)

  2. (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
    Hypernyms: conic section < curve
    Coordinate terms: (fellow conic sections) hyperbola, ellipse, circle
    • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 387:
      And it saves his life. As he's buzzing down a curving, narrow canal, a narrow green parabola appears hanging across the water in front of him, suddenly rising out of the water and snapping into a perfectly straight line at neck level.
  4. (rhetoric) Synonym of parable.

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Albanian

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Noun

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parabola

  1. inflection of parabolë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Czech

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Hellenic *pərai
Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)
Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor.
Latin parabolabor.
Czech parabola

    Borrowed from Latin parabola.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈparabola]
    • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

    Noun

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    parabola f

    1. parabola (geometry)
    2. parable

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    Declension of parabola (hard feminine)
    singular plural
    nominative parabola paraboly
    genitive paraboly parabol
    dative parabole parabolám
    accusative parabolu paraboly
    vocative parabolo paraboly
    locative parabole parabolách
    instrumental parabolou parabolami

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    French

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    Verb

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    parabola

    1. third-person singular past historic of paraboler

    Hungarian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrɒbolɒ]
    • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la
    • Rhymes: -lɒ

    Noun

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    parabola (plural parabolák)

    1. (geometry) parabola

    Declension

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    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative parabola parabolák
    accusative parabolát parabolákat
    dative parabolának paraboláknak
    instrumental parabolával parabolákkal
    causal-final paraboláért parabolákért
    translative parabolává parabolákká
    terminative paraboláig parabolákig
    essive-formal parabolaként parabolákként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive parabolában parabolákban
    superessive parabolán parabolákon
    adessive parabolánál paraboláknál
    illative parabolába parabolákba
    sublative parabolára parabolákra
    allative parabolához parabolákhoz
    elative parabolából parabolákból
    delative paraboláról parabolákról
    ablative parabolától paraboláktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		paraboláé paraboláké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		paraboláéi parabolákéi
    Possessive forms of parabola
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. parabolám paraboláim
    2nd person sing. parabolád paraboláid
    3rd person sing. parabolája parabolái
    1st person plural parabolánk paraboláink
    2nd person plural parabolátok paraboláitok
    3rd person plural parabolájuk paraboláik

    Further reading

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    • parabola in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabel.

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    Noun

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    parabola (plural parabola-parabola)

    1. (geometry) parabola (the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point and line)
    2. (colloquial) satellite dish (a parabolic antenna)
      Synonyms: antena parabola, antena satelit
    3. (by metonymy, colloquial) satellite television (subscription)
      Synonym: televisi satelit

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    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.la/
    • Rhymes: -abola
    • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧bo‧la

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    parabola f (plural parabole)

    1. (mathematics) parabola
      Synonym: curva
    2. (by extension) course
      Synonyms: andamento, percorso
    3. parable
    4. satellite dish
      Synonyms: parabolica, antenna parabolica
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    parabola

    1. inflection of parabolare:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *per-
    Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
    Proto-Hellenic *pərai
    Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
    Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
    Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
    Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)
    Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
    Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
    Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor.
    Latin parabola

      Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”).

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      parabola f (genitive parabolae); first declension

      1. A comparison, illustration, likeness
      2. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin) An allegorical relation, parable; proverb; taunting speech or any speech.
        • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.1.6:
          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)
      3. (Medieval Latin, Late Latin) word
      4. (mathematics) parabola

      Declension

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      First-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative parabola parabolae
      genitive parabolae parabolārum
      dative parabolae parabolīs
      accusative parabolam parabolās
      ablative parabolā parabolīs
      vocative parabola parabolae

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *per-
      Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
      Proto-Hellenic *pərai
      Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
      Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)
      Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
      Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
      Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)
      Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō)
      Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
      Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
      Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
      Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor.
      Latin parabolalbor.
      Polish parabola

        Learned borrowing from Latin parabola. Doublet of parol.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /pa.raˈbɔ.la/
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        • Rhymes: -ɔla
        • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

        Noun

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        parabola f

        1. (geometry) parabola
        2. (narratology, rhetoric) parable

        Declension

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        Declension of parabola
        singular plural
        nominative parabola parabole
        genitive paraboli paraboli/parabol
        dative paraboli parabolom
        accusative parabolę parabole
        instrumental parabolą parabolami
        locative paraboli parabolach
        vocative parabolo parabole

        Further reading

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        • “parabola”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • “parabola”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /parǎbola/
        • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

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        paràbola f (Cyrillic spelling пара̀бола)

        1. (geometry) parabola
        2. parable

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        Declension of parabola
        singular plural
        nominative parabola parabole
        genitive parabole parabola
        dative paraboli parabolama
        accusative parabolu parabole
        vocative parabolo parabole
        locative paraboli parabolama
        instrumental parabolom parabolama

        Slovak

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        Etymology

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        Derived from Latin parabola.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /parabɔla/, [ˈparabɔla]
        • Rhymes: -ɔla
        • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bo‧la

        Noun

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        parabola f (relational adjective parabolický, diminutive parabolka)

        1. (geometry) parabola
        2. parable

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        Declension of parabola
        (pattern žena)
        singularplural
        nominativeparabolaparaboly
        genitiveparabolyparabol
        dativeparaboleparabolám
        accusativeparaboluparaboly
        locativeparaboleparabolách
        instrumentalparabolouparabolami

        Further reading

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        • “parabola”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
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