para- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”).
para-
- beside, alongside
parasite (feed beside), parallel (beside one another), paracapsular (alongside a capsule)
- parallel
paraconformity (parallel conformity), paraxial (parallel to the axis)
- parallel
- between
paracellular (between cells), paraconule (A conule located between a paracone and a metacone), paradiploid (intermediate between diploid and polyploid)
- around, surrounding
paracortex (surrounding the cortex), paradiapophysis (covering the diapophysis)
- covering
paracolpitis ((outer) covering of inflamed vagina)
- covering
- adjacent, next to
paracentral (adjacent to the center), paracaval (adjacent to the vena cava)
- near
paranal (near the anus), parepididymis ((body part) near the epididymis), parethmoid (near the ethmoid bone)
- opposite of, on the far side of
paracavernous (On the far side of the cavernous sinus)
- above, over
paraductal (above the duct), paracoronoid (above the coronoid process), paracondylar (over the condyle)
- across, through, throughout
paracotylar ([extending] across the cotyle), paraesophageal (across the esophagus), paracloacal (through the cloaca), paracostal (through the ribs), paracerebral (throughout the brain)
- beyond
paradox (beyond expectation), paranormal (beyond normal) paraclival (beyond the clivus)
- abnormal
paralgesia (abnormal sensitivity to pain)
- incorrect
- false
- paradiorthosis (false correction)
- resembling
paramilitary (resembling a military), paramylum (resembling amylum (starch))
- unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
parastate (an unrecognized state), parabaptism (unauthorized baptism)
- avoiding or avoidant
parenteral (avoiding the intestines), paraconsistent (avoiding consistency)
- (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
- Synonym: p-
- related or pertaining to
paraclinical (relating to things not purely clinical), parabigeminal (related to a pair of organs), parabicanonical (pertaining to a linear system of divisors equivalent to a bicanonical divisor), paracomplex (pertaining to all metric spaces and all CW-complexes)
- affecting or concerning lower body
paranesthesia (affecting both sides of the lower body), paraballism (ballism affecting both legs)
- (between): inter-, dia-
- (around): peri-, circum-
- (adjacent): juxta-
- (near): juxta-, peri-
- (on the far side of): trans-
- (above): epi-, super-, supra-, hyper-
- (across): trans-, dia-, per-
- (beyond): trans-, hyper-, ultra-, out-, extra-, preter-
- (incorrect): mis-, mal-
- (false): pseudo-, mis-
- (resembling): quasi-, -oid, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
From French para-, from Italian para-, from para, imperative of parare (“to defend, shield, shroud”), from Latin parō (“I prepare”).
para-
- (obsolete, not productive) to guard against, to avert, to shield from; to provide protection against, defence from
- para-bore (jest, nonce word), protection against bores[1]
- paragrandine
- paravane
From parachute.
para-
From Paralympic.
para-
- disability sport
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “para-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
para- (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)
- used in naming any professions
Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”).
para-
From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside”).
para-
- para- (all senses)
Via Italian para-, from parare, from Latin parō (“to shield”).
para-
- para- (“guarding against”)
- garde- (e.g. garde-boue, garde-bras)
- pare- (e.g. pare-chocs, pare-soleil)
From paralympique (“Paralympic”).
para-
- para- (“disability sport”)
Borrowed from English para-, French para-, Italian para-, Spanish para-. Decision no. 105, Progreso III.
para-
- prefix denoting protection against, something to ward off
- para- + pluvo (“rain”) → parapluvo (“umbrella”)
- para- + moskito (“mosquito”) → paramoskito (“mosquito net”)
- parai- (before a slender consonant)
From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).
para-
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
para- | phara- | bpara- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “para(i)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).
para-
- para- (all senses)
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).
- IPA(key): /pa.ra/
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
- Homophones: para, Para
para-
- para- (resembling)
- para- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).
para- (Cyrillic spelling пара-)
- Para-.
- para- + nàuka (“science”) → paranauka (“parascience”)
- para- + nȍrmālno (“normally”) → paranormalno (“paranormal”)
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).
para-
- “para-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
See English para-, from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-).
para-
- para-
- para- + meddyg (“doctor”) → parafeddyg (“paramedic”)
- para- + normal (“normal”) → paranormal (“paranormal”)
- para- + ymatebol (“responsive, reactive”) → paraymatebol (“parasympathetic”)
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “para-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies