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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaɹəbəl/
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• US: /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/
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• US: /ˈpɛɹ.ə.bəl/
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• rhymes with -æɹəbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: P EH1 R AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin parābilis, from parāre (“to prepare, procure”).

From Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: berdintza — short story illustrating a lesson
• Belarusian: прытча (prytča) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Belarusian: прыпавесць (prypavjescʹ) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Bulgarian: притча (pritča) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Catalan: paràbola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Chinese Mandarin: 譬語 /譬语 (pìyǔ) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Chinese Mandarin: 隱語 /隐语 (yǐnyǔ) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Chinese Mandarin: 諷喻 /讽喻 (fěngyù) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Chinese Mandarin: 寓言 (yùyán) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Czech: podobenství — short story illustrating a lesson
• Danish: lignelse — short story illustrating a lesson
• Dutch: parabel — short story illustrating a lesson
• Esperanto: parabolo — short story illustrating a lesson
• Finnish: paraabeli — short story illustrating a lesson
• Finnish: vertauskertomus — short story illustrating a lesson
• French: parabole — short story illustrating a lesson
• Galician: parábola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Georgian: იგავი (igavi) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Georgian: იგავ-არაკი (igav-araḳi) — short story illustrating a lesson
• German: Gleichnis — short story illustrating a lesson
• German: Gleichniserzählung — short story illustrating a lesson
• German: Gleichnisrede — short story illustrating a lesson
• German: Parabel — short story illustrating a lesson
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉 (gajukō) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Greek: παραβολή (paravolí) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Ancient Greek: παραβολή (parabolḗ) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Hebrew: מָשָׁל (mashál) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Hindi: दृष्टांत (dŕṣṭānt) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Hungarian: példázat — short story illustrating a lesson
• Hungarian: példabeszéd — short story illustrating a lesson
• Indonesian: parabel — short story illustrating a lesson
• Italian: parabola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Japanese: 寓話 (gūwa) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Japanese: 譬え話 (tatoebanashi) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Japanese: 比喩 (hiyu) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Latin: parabola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Latin: parabole — short story illustrating a lesson
• Luxembourgish: Gläichnes — short story illustrating a lesson
• Macedonian: парабола (parabola) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Norman: pathabole — short story illustrating a lesson
• Norwegian Bokmål: lignelse — short story illustrating a lesson
• Norwegian Bokmål: liknelse — short story illustrating a lesson
• Norwegian Bokmål: parabel — short story illustrating a lesson
• Norwegian Nynorsk: likning — short story illustrating a lesson
• Norwegian Nynorsk: parabel — short story illustrating a lesson
• Old Church Slavonic: притъча (pritŭča) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Persian: حکایت (hekâyat) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Polish: przypowieść — short story illustrating a lesson
• Polish: parabola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Portuguese: parábola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Russian: при́тча (prítča) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Russian: иносказа́ние (inoskazánije) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Scottish Gaelic: cosamhlachd — short story illustrating a lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: prispodoba — short story illustrating a lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: priča — short story illustrating a lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: пара̀бола — short story illustrating a lesson
• Serbo-Croatian: paràbola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Slovene: prilika — short story illustrating a lesson
• Spanish: parábola — short story illustrating a lesson
• Swedish: liknelse — short story illustrating a lesson
• Tagalog: sayaral — short story illustrating a lesson
• Ukrainian: при́тча (prýtča) — short story illustrating a lesson
• Welsh: dameg — short story illustrating a lesson