parallel
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The meaning (definition) of the word parallel
always the same distance apart and never meeting
The word parallel used in a sentence
“The train tracks stay parallel and never bump into each other.”
Words that mean the opposite of parallel (antonyms)
intersecting
How the word parallel is said around the world
| French | parallèle (pahrahlel) |
| Spanish | paralelo (pahrahlayloh) |
| Mandarin | 平行线 (píng xíng xiàn) |
| Hindi | समानांतर (suhmahnahntuhr) |
| Arabic | موازي (mooahzee) |
| Russian | параллельный (parallel'nyi) |
| Portuguese (EU) | paralelo (puhruhleluu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | paralelo (pahrahleluu) |
| Japanese | 平行 (heikou) |
| German | parallel (pahrahlayl) |
| Urdu | متوازی (muhtvahzee) |
| Punjabi | ਸਮਾਨਾਂਤਰ (suhmahnahntuhr) |
| Korean | 평행한 (pyeonghaenghan) |
| Hebrew | מַקְבִּיל (mahkbeeyl) |
| Greek | παράλληλο (parallelo) |
| Dutch | parallel (pahrahlel) |
| Tagalog | parallel (pahrahluhl) |
| Vietnamese | song song (sawng sawng) |
| Turkish | paralel (pahrahlal) |
| Persian | موازی (mohvahzee) |
| Polish | równoległy (roovnawlegwi) |
| Ukrainian | паралельний (paralelnyy) |
| Bengali | সমান্তরাল (shawmahntawrahl) |
| Swedish | parallell (pahrahlel) |
| Italian | parallelo (pahrahlleloh) |
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