parasol

n.
A light, usually small umbrella carried as protection from the sun.

[French, from Italian parasole : parare, to shield (from Latin parāre, to prepare) + sole, sun (from Latin sōl).]

parasoled par'a·soled' adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a handheld collapsible source of shade
  Synonym: sunshade

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - parasol

Nederlands (Dutch)
parasol

Français (French)
n. - parasol, ombrelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sonnenschirm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρασόλι, ομπρέλα ήλιου

Italiano (Italian)
parasole

Português (Portuguese)
n. - guarda-sol (m)

Русский (Russian)
зонтик от солнца

Español (Spanish)
n. - sombrilla, quitasol, parasol

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - parasoll

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
阳伞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陽傘

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (여성용) 양산, 파라솔, 파라솔형 단엽기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 日傘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طائرة أحاديه السطح, شمسيه, مظله صيفيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמשייה, סוג פטריה‬

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parasol	the parasol