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Definition: Parasol |
ParasolNoun1. A handheld collapsible source of shade. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parasol" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Parasol Parallel Systems Object Language. An object-oriented language which supports network and parallel computing. It has modules and exceptions. ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a parasol, denotes, for married people, illicit enjoyments. If a young woman has this dream, she will engage in many flirtations, some of which will cause her interesting disturbances, lest her lover find out her inclinations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PARASOL | English | ATM Specific Measurement Equipment | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: ParasolSynonym: sunshade (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Noun: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield; (defense). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Parasol |
| English words defined with "parasol": American parasol ♦ Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree ♦ genus Lepiota ♦ Kittysol ♦ parasol mushroom, Parasolette, poisonous parasol ♦ Umbrella ant. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "parasol": umbrella. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Parasol" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (parasol, sun umbrella, sunshade, umbrella), German (parasol, sunshade), Polish (umbrella), Romanian (lens shade, sky shade), Spanish (beach umbrella, parasol, sun umbrella). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You take me. One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress she had on. She was carrying a white parasol. I only saw her for one second. (Citizen Kane; writing credit: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Parasol (1960) The Grey Parasol (1918) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | With the umbrella in its mouth, its jaws were so far apart that it could get no firm grip on the parasol. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Parasol" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Parasol" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 56 | 45,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "parasol": american parasol ♦ chinese parasol ♦ chinese parasol tree ♦ parasol ant ♦ parasol mushroom ♦ poisonous parasol. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "parasol": parasol-holder. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parasol | 261 |
parasol rykarda | 10 |
parasol record | 10 |
parasol umbrella | 8 |
garden parasol | 8 |
sun parasol | 7 |
lace parasol | 7 |
paper parasol | 6 |
parasol victorian | 5 |
chinese parasol | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "parasol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ombrellë (mush, umbrella), çadër dielli (sunshade). (various references) | |
Arabic | مظلة كبيرة للوقاية من الشمس, البارسول مظلة. (various references) | |
Basque | eguzkitako (sunshade). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слънчобран (sunshade), парасол. (various references) | |
Chinese | 陽傘 , 遮阳伞, 繖 (umbrella), 傘 (umbrella). (various references) | |
Czech | parazol, sluneèník (beach umbrella, sunshade). (various references) | |
Danish | parasol (sunshade). (various references) | |
Dutch | parasol (sunshade). (various references) | |
Farsi | هواپیمای یک باله , چترافتابی (Sunshade), سایبان (Bower, Canopy, Hovel, Marquee, Sunshade, Umbrella). (various references) | |
Finnish | päivänvarjo (sunshade). (various references) | |
French | parasol. (various references) | |
German | sonnenschirm (beach umbrella, sun umbrella, sunshade). (various references) | |
Greek | αλεξήλιο (sunshade, umbrella), ομπρέλλα για τον ήλιο, ομπρέλλα ήλιου, ομπρέλα ηλίου (sunshade). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שמשי" (sunflower, sunshade), סך שמש (sun screen, sun shade). (various references) | |
Hungarian | napernyő (beach umbrella, sunshade). (various references) | |
Italian | ombrellino (sunshade). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | パノラマ写真 (palladium, panoramic photograph, Papa, papaya, paprika, papyrus, parachute, parachute skirt, paradigm, paradigm shift, paradise, paraglider, paragraph, parapsychology, paraquat, parasail, parasite single, Parathion, paratyphus, parfait, pavilion, Pavlov, performance, perfume, perfumer, pub, public, public acceptance, public corporation, public course, public domain, public house, public opinion, public relations, public school, public servant, public space, publicity, puff, puff sleeve, puppy), 日傘 (sunshade), 洋傘 (umbrella), 傘 (umbrella). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | パラソル , ひがさ (sunshade), かさ (bulk, halo, hat, quantity, ring, shade, umbrella, volume), ようがさ (umbrella). (various references) | |
Manx | scaalan, scaa-greiney (sunshade, visor). (various references) | |
Occitan | parasolelh (sunshade). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arasolpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | guarda-sol (beach umbrella, sun umbrella, sunshade, umbrella). (various references) | |
Romanian | umbrelã de soare (sunshade). (various references) | |
Russian | зонтик от солнца (sunshade), парасоль. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | suncobran (sunshade). (various references) | |
Spanish | sombrilla (sunshade, umbrella). (various references) | |
Swedish | parasoll (sunshade). (various references) | |
Turkish | güneş şemsiyesi. (various references) | |
Ukranian | тент (awning, canopy, tent, tilting), невелика парасолька. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | umbella, umbraculis, umbraculo, umbraculum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "parasol": parasols. (additional references) | |
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"Parasol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arasol, Harasov, Karasjok, Narazel, parabol, paradol, Parakou, Paramo, parapsid, parase, parasole, parasoled, parasull, Parejo, Parmastoon, parnassi, Parozzo, Parralo, Pasason, Patrassi, Perganol, Prasiola, Purslow. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: parols, polars, sporal. | |
-2 letters: opals, orals, paras, parol, polar, praos, proas, salpa, sapor, solar. | |
-3 letters: aals, alar, alas, alps, also, laps, lars, lops, oars, opal, oral, osar, pals, para, pars, pols, prao, proa, pros, raps, rasp, salp, slap, slop, soap, soar, sola, sora, spar. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, alp, als, ars, asp, lap, lar, las, lop, oar, ops, ora, ors, pal, par, pas, pol, pro, rap, ras, sal, sap, sol, sop, spa. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, ar, as, la, lo, op, or, os, pa, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: caporals, parasols, pastoral, psoralea. | |
+2 letters: approvals, lapboards, malaprops, palpators, parabolas, pastorale, pastorali, pastorals, psoraleas. | |
+3 letters: aeroplanes, allographs, clapboards, leprosaria, malapropos, palliators, paralogism, paroxysmal, pastorales, pastorally, phalaropes, piroplasma, portrayals, portulacas, sarcoplasm, sporangial, transpolar, unpastoral. | |
+4 letters: allopatries, applicators, camelopards, disapproval, laparoscope, laparoscopy, malapropism, malapropist, paraboloids, paralogisms, paranormals, pastoralism, pastoralist, piscatorial, portabellas, postcranial, postmarital, prosaically, provascular, rapaciously, rapscallion, rhapsodical, sarcoplasms, splashboard. | |
+5 letters: archesporial, archipelagos, aspirational, caprolactams, disapprovals, ergastoplasm, extrapolates, hyperarousal, keratoplasty, laparoscopes, laparoscopic, laparotomies, malapropisms, malapropists, manipulators, morphallaxes, morphallaxis, nonparallels, paddleboards, parasitology, parfocalizes, parochialism, pastoralisms, pastoralists, pastoralness, phragmoplast, piroplasmata, plasterboard, postprandial, proletarians, proletariats, rampageously, rapscallions, sarcoplasmic, spectatorial, spermatozoal, splashboards, sporadically, supraorbital, transposable, trophallaxes, trophallaxis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 61 73 6F 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .- ... --- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110011 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r a s o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0061 0073 006F 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678467858178 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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