parasol

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/

Noun

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. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.

Synonyms

• (small light umbrella) sunshade, umbrella, beach umbrella

Translations

• French: ombrelle, parasol
• German: Sonnenschirm
• Italian: parasole
• Portuguese: sombrinha
• Russian: зо́нтик (от со́лнца)
• Spanish: parasol, sombrilla

Verb

parasol (parasols, present participle parasoling; past and past participle parasoled)

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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