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Meaning of "paraffle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAFFLE

paraffle  [pəˈræfəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAFFLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paraffle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARAFFLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of paraffle in the English dictionary

The definition of paraffle in the dictionary is an extravagant display. Other definition of paraffle is embroidery.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAFFLE


baffle
ˈbæfəl
duffel
ˈdʌfəl
Eifel
ˈaɪfəl
Eiffel
ˈaɪfəl
falafel
fəlˈɑːfəl
kerfuffle
kəˈfʌfəl
raffle
ˈræfəl
rifle
ˈraɪfəl
ruffle
ˈrʌfəl
shuffle
ˈʃʌfəl
snaffle
ˈsnæfəl
souffle
ˈsuːfəl
stifle
ˈstaɪfəl
stressful
ˈstrɛsfəl
TEFL
ˈtɛfəl
TOEFL
ˈtɒfəl
trifle
ˈtraɪfəl
truffle
ˈtrʌfəl
waffle
ˈwɒfəl
yaffle
ˈjæfəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAFFLE

paraesthetic
paraffin
paraffin heater
paraffin lamp
paraffin oil
paraffin wax
paraffine
paraffinic
paraffinoid
paraffiny
parafoil
paraform
paraformaldehyde
parage
parageneses
paragenesia
paragenesis
paragenetic
paragenetically
paraglide

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAFFLE

bemuffle
carfuffle
chook raffle
coffle
cuffle
curfuffle
muffle
not be able to run a chook raffle
pantoffle
piffle
reshuffle
riffle
rum truffle
scuffle
siffle
sniffle
snuffle
unmuffle
unruffle
whiffle

Synonyms and antonyms of paraffle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paraffle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAFFLE

Find out the translation of paraffle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paraffle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paraffle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

paraffle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paraffle
570 millions of speakers

English

paraffle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paraffle
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

paraffle
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

paraffle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paraffle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paraffle
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paraffle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paraffle
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

paraffle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

paraffle
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

paraffle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paraffle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paraffle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paraffle
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅराफेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paraffle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paraffle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paraffle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

paraffle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paraffle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

paraffle
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paraffle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paraffle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paraffle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paraffle

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAFFLE»

The term «paraffle» is used very little and occupies the 177.960 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of paraffle
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAFFLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paraffle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paraffle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paraffle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAFFLE»

Discover the use of paraffle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paraffle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Waverley Novels
... tramp, as clothes in a tub ; also short and irregular steps, such as of children. Paik, beat. Paiks, blows ; a beating. Palmering, walking infirmly. Panged, crammed; stuff d. Pantler, keeper of the pantry. Paraffle, ostentatious display- Parochine ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1833
2
Waverly Novels
But touching the subject of this paraffle of words, it's not worth a pinch of tobacco. D'ye think that I care for Mr Herries of Birrenswork more than any other gentleman who comes here about business, although I do not care to go tilting at his ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1855
3
Castle Dangerous. Tales of a grandfather. First series
Paraffle, ostentatious display. Parochine, parish. Parritch, porridge ; hasty pud ding. Parritch-time, breakfast-time Partan, crab-fish. Passemented, guarded with lot* fringe, fyc. Pat, pot. ¥aX,put. Patrick, paetrick, partrick, per- trick, partridge.
Sir Walter Scott, 1853
4
The Waverley Novels
But touching the subject of this paraffle of words, it's not worth a pinch of tobacco. D'ye think that I care for Mr. Herries of Birrens- work more than any other gentleman who comes here about business, although I do not care to go tilting at his ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1912
5
Waverly Novels: Peveril of the peak
But touching the subject of this paraffle of words, it's not worth a pinch of tobacco. D'ye think that I care for Mr Herries of Birrenswork more than any other gentleman who comes here about business, although I do not care to go tilting at his ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1851
6
The Wordsmiths and the Warguild
Looking round, he saw it was only two young pirates sparring with a lot of brag and paraffle. The weapons muqaddam, seeing their footwork looked sloppy, screamed abuse at them. They took heed, stopped fooling around and became more ...
Hugh Cook, 2006
7
Tales of my landlord: the bride of Lammermoor
... not matched ; that may be spared. Out-taken, excepted. Owerby, over the way. Owcrlay, cravat. Owsen, oxen. Paidle, pettle, staff"; " pleugh- naidle." plough-staff. Paiks, a beating. Palme ring, walking infirmly. Paraffle, ostentatious display.
Walter Scott, 1839
8
The Waverly Novels: Redgauntlet
But touching the subject of this paraffle of words, it's not worth a pinch of tobacco. D'ye think that I care for Mr. Herries of Birrens- work more than any other gentleman who comes here about business, although I do not care to go tilting at his ...
Sir Walter Scott, 2007
9
The Antiquary
Paraffle. Ostentatious display. Peenging. Querulous, weak. Penny-stane cast. A distance not greater than a man may throw a quoit. Peer. Poor. Peery. Child's toy. A top. Picks. Pick-axes. Pictarnie. The great teni) or sea-swallow. Pirn. The reed ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1816
10
Redgauntlet
But touching the subject of this paraffle of words, it's not worth a pinch of tobacco. D'ye think that I care for Mr. Herries of Birrenswork more than any other gentleman who comes here about business, although I do not care to go tilting at his ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1836

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Paraffle [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paraffle>. May 2024 ».
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