parallell

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Adjective

parallell (neuter singular parallelt, definite singular and plural parallelle)

  1. parallel

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Adjective

parallell (neuter singular parallelt, definite singular and plural parallelle)

  1. parallel

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).

Adjective

parallell (not comparable)

  1. parallel (of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally distant from one another at all points)

Declension

Inflection of parallell
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular parallell
Neuter singular parallellt
Plural parallella
Masculine plural3 parallelle
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 parallelle
All parallella
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

Noun

parallell c

  1. a parallel (parallel line)
  2. (geography) a parallel
  3. a parallel (similarity)
    dra paralleller mellan två saker
    draw parallels between two things
    en katastrof med få paralleller
    a catastrophe with few parallels

Declension

Declension of parallell 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative parallell parallellen paralleller parallellerna
Genitive parallells parallellens parallellers parallellernas

See also

References

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