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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpaɹəˌlɛl/
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From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. See also para- and allo-.

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: զուգահեռ (zugaheṙ) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Belarusian: парале́льны (paraljélʹny) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Bulgarian: парале́лен (paralélen) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Bulgarian: успореден (usporeden) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Burmese: ပြိုင် (pruing) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Catalan: paral·lel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Chinese Mandarin: 平行的 (píngxíng de) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Czech: rovnoběžný — equally distant from one another at all points
• Czech: paralelní — equally distant from one another at all points
• Danish: parallel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Dutch: evenwijdig — equally distant from one another at all points
• Dutch: parallel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Esperanto: paralela — equally distant from one another at all points
• Estonian: rööpne — equally distant from one another at all points
• Finnish: yhdensuuntainen — equally distant from one another at all points
• Finnish: samansuuntainen — equally distant from one another at all points
• French: parallèle — equally distant from one another at all points
• Galician: paralelo — equally distant from one another at all points
• German: parallel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Greek: παράλληλος (parállilos) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Ancient Greek: παράλληλος (parállēlos) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Hebrew: מקביל (makbil) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Hindi: समानान्तर (samānāntar) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Hungarian: párhuzamos — equally distant from one another at all points
• Indonesian: paralel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Irish: comhthreomhar — equally distant from one another at all points
• Italian: parallelo — equally distant from one another at all points
• Japanese: 平行の (heikō no) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Kazakh: қатар (qatar) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Khmer: ស្រប (srɑɑp) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Korean: 평행의 (pyeonghaeng-ui) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Macedonian: паралелен (paralelen) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Malay: selari — equally distant from one another at all points
• Māori: whakarara — equally distant from one another at all points
• Navajo: ałhąąh ʼídzoh — equally distant from one another at all points
• Norwegian: parallell — equally distant from one another at all points
• Persian: موازی (movaazi) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Persian: همراستا (ham-raastaa) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Polish: równoległy — equally distant from one another at all points
• Portuguese: paralelo — equally distant from one another at all points
• Romanian: paralel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Russian: паралле́льный (parallélʹnyj) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Sanskrit: मञ्जरी (mañjarī) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Slovene: vzporeden — equally distant from one another at all points
• Spanish: paralelo — equally distant from one another at all points
• Swedish: parallell — equally distant from one another at all points
• Tagalog: agapay — equally distant from one another at all points
• Thai: ขนาน (kà-nǎan) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Turkish: paralel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Ukrainian: парале́льний (paralélʹnyj) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Ukrainian: рівнолежний (rivnoležnyj) — equally distant from one another at all points
• Welsh: paralel — equally distant from one another at all points
• Welsh: cyflin — equally distant from one another at all points
• Welsh: cyfred — equally distant from one another at all points
• Arabic: مُوَازٍ (muwāzin) — having the same overall direction
• Armenian: զուգահեռ (zugaheṙ) — having the same overall direction
• Azerbaijani: müvazi — having the same overall direction
• Azerbaijani: parallell — having the same overall direction
• Catalan: paral·lel — having the same overall direction
• Czech: rovnoběžný — having the same overall direction
• Czech: paralelní — having the same overall direction
• Danish: parallel — having the same overall direction
• Dutch: evenwijdig met/aan — having the same overall direction
• Dutch: parallel met — having the same overall direction
• Estonian: rööpne — having the same overall direction
• Finnish: suuntainen — having the same overall direction
• Finnish: samansuuntainen — having the same overall direction
• Finnish: rinnakkainen (jonkin kanssa) — having the same overall direction
• French: parallèle à — having the same overall direction
• Galician: paralelo — having the same overall direction
• German: parallel zu — having the same overall direction
• Greek: παράλληλος (parállilos) — having the same overall direction
• Ancient Greek: παράλληλος (parállēlos) — having the same overall direction
• Hebrew: מקביל (makbíl) — having the same overall direction
• Indonesian: paralel — having the same overall direction
• Irish: comhthreomhar — having the same overall direction
• Malay: selari — having the same overall direction
• Norwegian: parallell — having the same overall direction
• Persian: همراستا — having the same overall direction
• Portuguese: paralelo — having the same overall direction
• Romanian: paralel — having the same overall direction
• Russian: паралле́льный (parallélʹnyj) — having the same overall direction
• Spanish: paralelo — having the same overall direction
• Swedish: parallell — having the same overall direction
• Tagalog: agapay — having the same overall direction
• Turkish: paralel — having the same overall direction
• Ukrainian: рівнолежний (rivnoležnyj) — having the same overall direction
• Arabic: مُتَوَازٍ (mutawāzin) — hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines: either not intersecting, or coinciding
• Irish: comhthreomhar — hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines: either not intersecting, or coinciding
• Turkish: koşut — hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines: either not intersecting, or coinciding
• Bulgarian: паралелен (paralelen) — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Czech: paralelní — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Finnish: rinnakkainen — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Greek: παράλληλος (parállilos) — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Hungarian: párhuzamos — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Icelandic: samhliða — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Irish: comhuaineach — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Norwegian: parallell — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Portuguese: paralelo — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Romanian: paralel — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Russian: паралле́льный (parallélʹnyj) — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Spanish: paralelo — computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time
• Bulgarian: успоредно (usporedno) — with a parallel relationship
• Czech: souběžně — with a parallel relationship
• Finnish: samansuuntaisesti (jonkun kanssa) — with a parallel relationship
• French: parallèlement — with a parallel relationship
• German: parallel — with a parallel relationship
• Greek: παράλληλα (parállila) — with a parallel relationship
• Hungarian: párhuzamosan — with a parallel relationship
• Italian: parallelamente — with a parallel relationship
• Macedonian: паралелно (paralelno) — with a parallel relationship
• Norwegian: parallelt — with a parallel relationship
• Polish: równolegle — with a parallel relationship
• Portuguese: paralelamente — with a parallel relationship
• Russian: паралле́льно (parallélʹno) — with a parallel relationship
• Armenian: զուգահեռ (zugaheṙ) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Bulgarian: успоредна линия (usporedna linija) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Chinese Mandarin: 平行線 /平行线 (píngxíngxiàn) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Czech: rovnoběžka — one of a set of parallel lines
• Dutch: evenwijdige — one of a set of parallel lines
• Dutch: parallel — one of a set of parallel lines
• Esperanto: paralelo — one of a set of parallel lines
• French: parallèle — one of a set of parallel lines
• German: Parallele — one of a set of parallel lines
• Greek: παράλληλος (parállilos) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Hebrew: מקביל (makbíl) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Hungarian: párhuzamos vonal — one of a set of parallel lines
• Japanese: 並列 (heiretsu) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Kazakh: параллель (parallel) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Māori: whakarara — one of a set of parallel lines
• Norwegian: parallell — one of a set of parallel lines
• Portuguese: paralela — one of a set of parallel lines
• Romanian: paralelă — one of a set of parallel lines
• Russian: паралле́ль (parallélʹ) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Ukrainian: парале́ль (paralélʹ) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Ukrainian: рівнолежник (rivnoležnyk) — one of a set of parallel lines
• Armenian: զուգահեռական (zugaheṙakan) — line of latitude
• Bulgarian: паралел (paralel) — line of latitude
• Chinese Mandarin: 緯綫 /纬线 (wěixiàn) — line of latitude
• Chinese Mandarin: 緯圈 /纬圈 (wěiquān) — line of latitude
• Czech: rovnoběžka — line of latitude
• Dutch: breedtegraad — line of latitude
• Dutch: parallel — line of latitude
• Dutch: parallelcirkel — line of latitude
• Dutch: breedtecirkel — line of latitude
• Finnish: leveyspiiri — line of latitude
• French: parallèle — line of latitude
• German: Breitengrad — line of latitude
• German: Breitenkreis — line of latitude
• Greek: παράλληλος (parállilos) — line of latitude
• Hebrew: קו רוחב (káv rókhav) — line of latitude
• Hungarian: szélességi fok — line of latitude
• Hungarian: szélességi kör — line of latitude
• Irish: líne leithid — line of latitude
• Irish: líne dhomhanleithid — line of latitude
• Italian: parallelo — line of latitude
• Japanese: 緯線 (isen) — line of latitude
• Norwegian Bokmål: breddegrad — line of latitude
• Norwegian Bokmål: breddegradssirkel — line of latitude
• Norwegian Bokmål: breddesirkel — line of latitude
• Norwegian Nynorsk: breiddegrad — line of latitude
• Norwegian Nynorsk: breidegradssirkel — line of latitude
• Polish: równoleżnik — line of latitude
• Portuguese: paralelo — line of latitude
• Russian: паралле́ль (parallélʹ) — line of latitude
• Spanish: paralelo — line of latitude
• Ukrainian: парале́ль (paralélʹ) — line of latitude
• Ukrainian: рівнолежник (rivnoležnyk) — line of latitude
• Bulgarian: аналогия (analogija) — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Dutch: parallel — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Hungarian: párhuzam — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Irish: macasamhail — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Irish: samhail — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Irish: comparáid — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Italian: omologo — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Plautdietsch: Änlichkjeit — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Ukrainian: парале́ль (paralélʹ) — something identical or similar in essential respects
• Hebrew: קבלה (kabalá) — elaborate tracing of one or more similarities
• Ottoman Turkish: تطبیق (tatbik) — elaborate tracing of one or more similarities
• Korean: 갋다 (galda) — to construct or place something parallel to something else
• Bulgarian: успореден съм (usporeden sǎm) — of a path etc: to be parallel to something else
• Finnish: olla samansuuntainen — of a path etc: to be parallel to something else
• Hebrew: הִקְבִּיל (hikbíl) — of a path etc: to be parallel to something else
• Korean: 나란하다 (naran-hada) — of a path etc: to be parallel to something else
• Bulgarian: съответствам (sǎotvetstvam) — of a process etc: to be analogous to something else
• Korean: 나란하다 (naran-hada) — of a process etc: to be analogous to something else
• Swedish: liknas vid — of a process etc: to be analogous to something else
• Bulgarian: сравнявам (sravnjavam) — to compare or liken something to something else
• Finnish: rinnastaa — to compare or liken something to something else
• Greek: παραλληλίζω (parallilízo) — to compare or liken something to something else
• Hebrew: השווה \ הִשְׁוָה (hishvá) — to compare or liken something to something else
• Korean: 견주다 (gyeonjuda) — to compare or liken something to something else