paraply

Danish

Etymology

From French parapluie, from para- (“against”) +‎ pluie (“rain”). The first element is borrowed from Italian para-, from the verb parare (“to shield”), from Latin parare (“to prepare”). The second element is the noun pluie, from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɑɑˈpʰl̥yˀ]

Noun

paraply c (singular definite paraplyen, plural indefinite paraplyer)

1. umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain)
2. umbrella organisation (an organisation serving the interests of a group of other organisations)

Declension

Declension of paraply

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	paraply	paraplyen	paraplyer	paraplyerne
genitive	paraplys	paraplyens	paraplyers	paraplyernes

Further reading

• “paraply” in Den Danske Ordbog
• paraply on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French parapluie.

Noun

paraply m (definite singular paraplyen, indefinite plural paraplyer, definite plural paraplyene)

1. an umbrella, or brolly (UK, informal) (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun)

Derived terms

• paraplyorganisasjon

References

• “paraply” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French parapluie.

Noun

paraply m (definite singular paraplyen, indefinite plural paraplyar, definite plural paraplyane)

1. an umbrella, or brolly (UK, informal) (as above)

Derived terms

• paraplyorganisasjon

References

• “paraply” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

ett paraply

Etymology

From French parapluie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /para¹plyː/

Noun

paraply n

1. an umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain)

   fälla upp paraplyet

   open / put up the umbrella

   fälla ihop paraplyet

   close / put down the umbrella

   Det kan regna, så med ett paraply

   It might rain, so bring an umbrella

Declension

Declension of paraply

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	paraply	paraplys
	definite	paraplyet	paraplyets
plural	indefinite	paraplyer	paraplyers
	definite	paraplyerna	paraplyernas

See also

• parasoll

References

• paraply in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• paraply in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• paraply in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)