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parabole

French, noun

parabole is spelled P-A-R-A-B-O-L-E (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parabole is a French feminine noun meaning “parabola” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, parabolé is a different word: “past participle of paraboler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Allégorie qui abrite une idée morale”.

What does parabole mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineparabola

  2. 2

    femininedish (antenna)

noun

  1. 1

    feminineparable

verb

as parabolé
  1. 1

    past participle of paraboler

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Allégorie qui abrite une idée morale. 2. Récit allégorique. 3. Comparaison.

noun: 1. Ligne courbe qui résulte de la section d’un cône quand il est coupé par un plan parallèle à une de ses génératrices. 2. Antenne parabolique.

adjective: 1. Équipé d’une antenne parabolique pour capter la télévision étrangère (surtout française) par satellite ; capté par une antenne parabolique. 2. Parabolique, qui est en forme de parabole.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of parabole

  • paraboles plural
  • parabolée feminine
  • parabolés masculine plural
  • parabolées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to parabole

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is parabole in French?

parabole appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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