parole
French
noun
Definitions
- utterance, expression a unit of discourse, firstly oral
- voice, spoken word
- (in the plural) lyrics, words of a song
- promise, word
- floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French parole inherited from Old French parole (word, formal promise) inherited from Latin *paraula, parabola (comparison, later, speech, illustration, word, parable, likeness) derived from Ancient Greek παραβολή (comparison, parable).
Origin
Ancient Greek
παραβολή
Gloss
comparison, parable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- palabra English
- palaver English
- parabola English
- parol English
- parole English
- *paraula Latin
- parabola Latin
- parabolo Latin
- parabolo, parabolō, parabolāre Latin
- parabolāre Latin
- parabolō Latin
- parabolō, parabolāre Latin
- Parole German
- parabola Italian
- parola Italian
- parolaccia Italian
- parolaio Italian
- paroliere Italian
- parolona Italian
- passaparola Italian
- parabool Dutch, Flemish
- parool Dutch, Flemish
- palabre French
- parabole French
- porte-parole French
- porter French
- пара́бола Russian
- пароль Russian
- apalabrar Spanish, Castilian
- palabra Spanish, Castilian
- palabrear Spanish, Castilian
- palabrería Spanish, Castilian
- palabrerío Spanish, Castilian
- palabrota Spanish, Castilian
- parola Spanish, Castilian
- parábola Spanish, Castilian
- παραβάλλω Ancient Greek
- παραβολή Ancient Greek
- παραβολικός Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- parabel Norwegian Bokmål
- palavra Portuguese
- palavrinha Portuguese
- palavrão Portuguese
- parábola Portuguese
- parabel Norwegian Nynorsk
- parable Old French
- parabole Old French
- parole Old French
- paraula Catalan, Valencian
- paraulota Catalan, Valencian
- paràbola Catalan, Valencian
- parábola Galician
- pravoa Galician
- parolă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- παραβολή Greek (modern)
- parabola Indonesian
- parole Latvian
- palavra Turkish
- pathole Norman
- përrallë Albanian
- parole Middle French
- palavra Old Portuguese
- parole Slovak
- pallabra Asturian
- peraule Friulian
- paraulla Old Occitan
- parlar Old Occitan
- baramail Middle Irish
- parabla Old Spanish
- palora Sicilian
- paroła Venetian
- paròlla Ligurian
- paraul Dalmatian
- paraula Dalmatian
- pawòl Haitian, Haitian Creole
- parola Ladin
- paràula Sardinian
- palabra Chavacano
- plaba Krio