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parasol

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/
  • US: /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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8

noun

Meaning 8

a handheld collapsible source of shade

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sunshade

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shade

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَظَلَّة (maẓalla) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Arabic: شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Arabic: مَظَلَّة (maẓalla) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Armenian: հովանոց (hovanocʻ) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Belarusian: парасо́н (parasón) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Breton: disheolier — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Bulgarian: слънчобра́н (slǎnčobrán) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Bulgarian: парасо́л (parasól) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Burmese: ထီး (hti:) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Catalan: para-sol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Catalan: ombrel·la — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遮陽傘 /遮阳伞 (zhēyángsǎn) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽傘 /太阳伞 (tàiyángsǎn) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陽傘 /阳伞 (yángsǎn) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Cornish: howllen — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Czech: slunečník — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Danish: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Dutch: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Esperanto: sunombrelo — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Estonian: päevavari — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Farefare: mã'antɩa — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Finnish: auringonvarjo — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • French: ombrelle — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • French: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Galician: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • German: Sonnenschirm — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Greek: παρασόλ (parasól) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Greek: αλεξήλιο (alexílio) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Ancient Greek: σκιάδειον (skiádeion) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Hebrew: שמשייה — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Hebrew: שִׁמְשִׁיָּה (shimshiyá) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • White Hmong: kaus — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Hungarian: napernyő — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Ido: parasuno — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Indonesian: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Irish: parasól — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Italian: parasole — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Japanese: 日傘 (higasa) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Japanese: パラソル (parasoru) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Korean: 양산 (yangsan) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Korean: 파라솔 (parasol) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Korean: 일산 (ilsan) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Latin: umbella — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Latvian: saulessargs — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Lithuanian: skėtis — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Luxembourgish: Sonneprabbeli — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Macedonian: сонцобран (soncobran) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Manx: feayragan — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Manx: scaa-greiney — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Manx: scaalan — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Iranian Persian: شَمْسِیِّه (šamsiyye) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Iranian Persian: چَتْرِ آفْتابی (čatr-e âftâbi) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Plautdietsch: Sonnenschorm — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Polish: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Portuguese: sombrinha — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Quechua: achiwa — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Romanian: umbrelă de soare — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Romanian: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Russian: зо́нтик — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Russian: парасо́ль (parasólʹ) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Sanskrit: छत्त्र (chattra) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgàilean — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Scottish Gaelic: grian-sgàilean — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Scottish Gaelic: fasgadan — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏нцобра̄н — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕncobrān — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Slovak: slnečník — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Slovak: parazól — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Slovene: sončnik — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Spanish: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Spanish: sombrilla — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Spanish: quitasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Spanish: guardasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Swedish: parasoll — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Thai: ร่มกันแดด — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Turkish: güneşlik — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Turkish: şemsiye — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Ottoman Turkish: شمسیه (şemsiye) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Ukrainian: парасо́лька (parasólʹka) — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Volapük: solajelöm — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Welsh: parasol — umbrella used as protection from the sun
  • Welsh: heul-len — umbrella used as protection from the sun
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