parasol

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/

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parasol (plural parasols)

1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
3. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
4. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
5. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
6. A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

• (umbrella used for protection against the sun): sunshade, sun umbrella; beach umbrella (often large); chatta (India); chatra (royal & religious symbol in South & East Asia)

• (umbrella used for protection against the sun): umbrella

parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle (US) parasoling or (UK) parasolling, simple past and past participle (US) parasoled or (UK) parasolled)

1. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
   • 1826, The Monthly Magazine, page 161:

     Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]

   • 2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song, page 19:

     […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.

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Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈsɔl/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧sol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)

1. parasol

• Berbice Creole Dutch: pansolo, parisola
• Negerhollands: paresol
• → Aukan: paasoo
• → Papiamentu: parasòl
• → Saramaccan: paazóo

Borrowed from Spanish parasol (literally “umbrella, parasol”)

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m (plural parasolis)

1. parasol mushroom

   Synonyms: paraguas (Mañegu), anelu (Mañegu, Valverdeñu), surtixha (Lagarteiru)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 217

Borrowed from Italian parasole.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.sɔl/

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parasol m (plural parasols)

1. a large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun

• parapluie
• paravent

• “parasol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

parar (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”)

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/ [pa.ɾaˈs̺oɫ], /paɾaˈsɔl/ [pa.ɾaˈs̺ɔɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol, -ɔl
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m (plural parasois)

1. umbrella, sunshade, parasol (used to protect against the sun)

   Synonyms: antuca f, catasol m

2. sun visor

• “parasol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from Dutch parasol, from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈrasol/ [paˈra.sɔl]
• Rhymes: -asol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol (plural parasol-parasol)

1. parasol

   Synonym: payung

• “parasol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From French parasol.

parasol

1. umbrella

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.sɔl/

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• Rhymes: -asɔl
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m inan

1. umbrella (used to protect against the sun or rain)

• parasol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parasol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from German Parasol.

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈsol/

parasol n (plural parasoluri)

1. (archaic, regional) a parasol (umbrella used as protection from the sun)

   Synonym: umbrelă de soare

2. wing (of a monoplane)

From French parasol.

parasol

1. umbrella

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) +‎ sol (“sun”).

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈsol/ [pa.ɾaˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧sol

parasol m (plural parasoles)

1. parasol
2. umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
3. sunshade

   Synonym: sombrilla

4. (automotive) sun visor

   Synonym: visera

• “parasol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025