parasol

 

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parasol

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From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) +‎ sole (“sun”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/

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parasol (plural parasols)

1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
3. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
4. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
5. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
6. A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

• (umbrella used for protection against the sun): sunshade, sun umbrella; beach umbrella (often large); chatta (India); chatra (royal & religious symbol in South & East Asia)

• (umbrella used for protection against the sun): umbrella

parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasoling or parasolling, simple past and past participle parasoled or parasolled)

1. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
   • 1826, The Monthly Magazine, page 161:

     Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]

   • 2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song, page 19:

     […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.

• Rapalos

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈsɔl/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧sol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)

1. parasol

• Berbice Creole Dutch: pansolo, parisola
• Negerhollands: paresol
• → Aukan: paasoo
• → Papiamentu: parasòl
• → Saramaccan: paazóo

Borrowed from Spanish parasol (literally “umbrella, parasol”)

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m (plural parasolis)

1. parasol mushroom

   Synonyms: paraguas (Mañegu), anelu (Mañegu, Valverdeñu), surtixha (Lagarteiru)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Borrowed from Italian parasole.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.sɔl/

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parasol m (plural parasols)

1. a large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun

• parapluie
• paravent

• “parasol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

parar (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”)

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/ [pa.ɾaˈs̺oɫ], /paɾaˈsɔl/ [pa.ɾaˈs̺ɔɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol, -ɔl
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m (plural parasois)

1. umbrella, sunshade, parasol (used to protect against the sun)

   Synonyms: antuca f, catasol m

2. sun visor

• “parasol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Borrowed from Dutch parasol, from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈrasol/ [paˈra.sol]
• Rhymes: -asol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol (plural parasol-parasol, first-person possessive parasolku, second-person possessive parasolmu, third-person possessive parasolnya)

1. parasol

• “parasol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From French parasol.

parasol

1. umbrella

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

 

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parasol

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Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.sɔl/

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• Rhymes: -asɔl
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m inan

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun or rain)

• parasol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parasol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from German Parasol.

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈsol/

parasol n (plural parasoluri)

1. (archaic, regional) a parasol (umbrella used as protection from the sun)

   Synonym: umbrelă de soare

2. wing (of a monoplane)

From French parasol.

parasol

1. umbrella

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”).

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/ [pa.ɾaˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m (plural parasoles)

1. parasol
2. umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
3. sunshade

   Synonym: sombrilla

4. (automotive) sun visor

   Synonym: visera

• “parasol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28