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parole

/pəˈəʊl/pur-OHL
/pɚˈoʊl/pur-OHL

Meaninga parable

Common meaning: early release on promise

Journey through time

  1. Latinparabola‘a parable’source
  2. Late Latinparabolasource
  3. Frenchparolesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa parable → early release on promiseparole‘early release on promise’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin parabola ‘a parable’.

Roots

Related words

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