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parallel universe

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, cosmology, literature, media, natural-sciences, publishing, science-fiction, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

The universe of an alternative history.

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَالَم مُوَازِي (ʕālam muwāzī) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Bulgarian: парале́лна вселе́на (paralélna vseléna) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Catalan: univers paral·lel — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平行宇宙 (píngxíng yǔzhòu) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Danish: parallelunivers — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Danish: parallelt univers — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Esperanto: paralela universo — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Finnish: rinnakkainen maailmankaikkeus — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Finnish: rinnakkaistodellisuus — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • French: univers parallèle — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Georgian: პარალელური სამყარო (ṗaraleluri samq̇aro) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Georgian: პარალელური განზომილება (ṗaraleluri ganzomileba) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • German: Paralleluniversum — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Greek: παράλληλο σύμπαν (parállilo sýmpan) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Hungarian: párhuzamos univerzum — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Japanese: 平行宇宙 (heikō uchū) — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Portuguese: universo paralelo — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Spanish: universo paralelo — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Spanish: universo alterno — universe that exists separately alongside another universe
  • Turkish: paralel evren — universe that exists separately alongside another universe