parasol
French, noun/pa.ʁa.sɔl/
parasol is spelled P-A-R-A-S-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parasol is a French masculine noun meaning “a large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abri portatif, analogue au parapluie, qu’on étend au-dessus de sa tête pour se garantir du soleil”.
What does parasol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abri portatif, analogue au parapluie, qu’on étend au-dessus de sa tête pour se garantir du soleil. 2. Abri de même forme, dont on se sert sur les plages, les terrasses... 3. Avion monoplan dont les ailes sont fixées au-dessus du fuselage par des haubans.
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 parasol
- parasols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parasol?
- /pa.ʁa.sɔl/
- \pa.ʁa.sɔl\
- [pa.ʁa.sɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parasol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parasol in French?
parasol appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).