A figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like. ( ■s■m■l■ ) noun. english: parable; scots: parable; yola: parboles ( plural) polish [ edit. simile in british english. parabole oblique singular, f ( oblique plural paraboles, nominative singular parabole, nominative plural paraboles) parable; descendants [ edit] french: parabole; norman: pathabole; → middle english: parable, parabole, parabol, parabele, parabyl, parabyll, parabil. ) in rhetoric, " comparison, metaphor, " according to century dictionary, fasci " especially a formal simile, as in poetry or poetic prose, taken from a present or fasci di parabole esercizi svolti pdf imagined object or svolti event: pdf distinguished from a paradigm, or comparison with a real past event, esercizi " 1580s, from greek parabol■ " comparison" ( see parable). a figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as. compare metaphor.