parasol

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpærəsɒl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpærəˌsɔl, -ˌsɑl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(par′ə sôl′, -sol′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
par•a•sol /ˈpærəˌsɔl, -ˌsɑl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Clothinga lightweight umbrella used by women as a sunshade.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
par•a•sol  (par′ə sôl′, -sol′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Clothinga lightweight umbrella used, esp. by women, as a sunshade.
  • Italian parasole. See para-2, Sol
  • French, Middle French
  • 1610–20
par′a•soled′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
parasol /ˈpærəˌsɒl/ n
  1. an umbrella used for protection against the sun; sunshade
Etymology: 17th Century: via French from Italian parasole, from para-2 + sole sun, from Latin sōl
'parasol' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
para- - sunshade - girasol - ombrellino - para - parasol ant - parasol mushroom - parasol pine - umbel - umbrella pine - stone pine

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