The parable of the talents is one of my favorites.
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Parable
//ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl//
Synonyms for "parable" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (23)
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More general
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παραβολή noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Basque
1 entries- berdintza noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Belarusian
2 entries- прыпавесць noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- прытча noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Bulgarian
1 entries- притча noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Catalan
1 entries- paràbola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 寓言 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- 諷喻 /讽喻 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- 譬語 /譬语 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- 隱語 /隐语 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Czech
1 entries- podobenství noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Danish
1 entries- lignelse noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Dutch
1 entries- parabel noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Esperanto
1 entries- parabolo noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Finnish
2 entries- paraabeli noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- vertauskertomus noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
French
1 entries- parabole noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Galician
1 entries- parábola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Georgian
2 entries- იგავ-არაკი noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- იგავი noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
German
4 entries- Gleichnis noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- Gleichniserzählung noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- Gleichnisrede noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- Parabel noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Greek
1 entries- παραβολή noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Hebrew
1 entries- מָשָׁל noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Hungarian
2 entries- példabeszéd noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- példázat noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Indonesian
1 entries- parabel noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Italian
1 entries- parabola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Japanese
3 entries- 寓話 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- 比喩 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- 譬え話 noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Latin
2 entries- parabola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- parabole noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gläichnes noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Macedonian
1 entries- парабола noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Norman
1 entries- pathabole noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- lignelse noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- liknelse noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- parabel noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- likning noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- parabel noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- притъча noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Persian
1 entries- حکایت noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Polish
2 entries- parabola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- przypowieść noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Portuguese
1 entries- parábola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Russian
2 entries- иносказа́ние noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- при́тча noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cosamhlachd noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- paràbola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- prispodoba noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- priča noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
- пара̀бола noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Slovene
1 entries- prilika noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Spanish
1 entries- parábola noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Swedish
1 entries- liknelse noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Tagalog
1 entries- sayaral noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Ukrainian
1 entries- при́тча noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Welsh
1 entries- dameg noun (short story illustrating a lesson)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I'll explain by way of a parable.
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Let me explain by way of a parable.
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Referring to the parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope claims that the "true ordo amoris"—the Christian order of charity—is based on "a love that builds a brotherhood open to all, without exception."
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