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(often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.). [from 15th c.]
After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.Category:English terms with usage examples#PARENT
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  my trust / Like a good parent, did beget of him / A falsehood in it's contrarie, as great / As my trust was, which had indeede no limit, / A confidence sans bound.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 9:19–20:
  And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind […]
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- 2005 August 24, Siobhan O'Neill, The Guardian:
  The NHS is naturally pro-immunisation, reassuring parents that their babies can easily cope with these jabs.
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- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
  It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.
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Synonyms: genitor, progenitor

Antonyms: child, offspring

Hyponyms: father, mother
(often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
A surrogate parent.
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#PARENT) A relative. [15th–18th c.]
The source or origin of something. [from 16th c.]
- 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
  Misery is often the parent of the most affecting touches in poetry.
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- 1789, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 68, page 341:
  Indolence and unalimentary food are the parents of this disease; but to neither are Indians accustomed.
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(biology Category:en:Biology#PARENT) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]
(attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector. ^[1]
- 1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5:
  The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
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1. A parent company. [from 20th c.]
  - 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
    The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
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(computing Category:en:Computing#PARENT) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]
Synonym: mother

Antonym: child
(physics Category:en:Physics#PARENT) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.

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Translations

person from whom one is descended

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Abkhaz: абхша (abxŝa)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#PARENT
Aghwan: 𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐔾 (bixal)Category:Terms with Aghwan translations#PARENT
Albanian: prind (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#PARENT
Arabic: وَالِد (ar) m (wālid)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PARENT (father), وَالِدَة (ar) f (wālida)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PARENT (mother), وَالِدَان (ar) m du (wālidān)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PARENT (parents)
Gulf Arabic: اهل (ahal)Category:Terms with Gulf Arabic translations#PARENT (parents)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܝܠܘܕܐ m (yālōḏā)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#PARENT, ܝܠܘܕܬܐ f (yālōḏtā)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#PARENT
Armenian: ծնող (hy) (cnoġ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PARENT
Aromanian: pãrinti mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#PARENT, pãrinte mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#PARENT, printi mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#PARENT, printe mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#PARENT
Avar: эбел (ebel)Category:Terms with Avar translations#PARENT, эмен (emen)Category:Terms with Avar translations#PARENT
Azerbaijani: valideyn (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PARENT, ata-anaCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PARENT, ana-ataCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PARENT
Bashkir: ата-әсә (ata-əsə)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#PARENT
Basque: guraso (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#PARENT
Belarusian: ба́цька m (bácʹka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PARENT, радзі́цель m (radzícjelʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PARENT, радзі́целька f (radzícjelʹka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PARENT
Bengali: পিতামাতা (pitamata)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PARENT
Bikol:
Central Bikol: magurang (bcl)Category:Terms with Central Bikol translations#PARENT
Bulgarian: роди́тел (bg) m (rodítel)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PARENT, роди́телка f (rodítelka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PARENT
Burmese: မိဘ (my) (mi.bha.)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#PARENT
Catalan: progenitor (ca) m or fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PARENT, genitor (ca) m or fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PARENT, pares (ca) m plCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PARENT
Chechen: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Chechen#PARENT
Chinese:
Cantonese: 親 / 亲 (yue) (can¹)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#PARENT, 父母 (fu⁶ mou⁵)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#PARENT Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#PARENT (parents)

Mandarin: 親 / 亲 (zh) (qīn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PARENT, 父母 (zh) (fùmǔ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#PARENT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PARENT (parents), 家長 / 家长 (zh) (jiāzhǎng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PARENT
Czech: rodič (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PARENT
Danish: forælder (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#PARENT
Dutch: ouder (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PARENT
Ese: ohomaCategory:Terms with Ese translations#PARENT
Esperanto: gepatro (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#PARENT, patro (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#PARENT
Estonian: vanem (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#PARENT
Finnish: vanhempi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PARENT
French: (♂♀) parent (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#PARENT, géniteur (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#PARENT, génitrice (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#PARENT
Friulian: genitôr mCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#PARENT
Galician: pai (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#PARENT
Georgian: მშობელი (mšobeli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#PARENT
German: Elternteil (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT, (technical) Elter (de) m or nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT
Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌾𐍉𐍃 m or pl (bērusjōs)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#PARENT, 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 n (fadrein)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#PARENT (plural in meaning)
Greek: γονέας (el) m (gonéas)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PARENT, γεννήτορας (el) m (gennítoras)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PARENT
Ancient Greek: γονεύς m (goneús)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#PARENT
Greenlandic: angajoqqaaqCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#PARENT
Hawaiian: makuaCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#PARENT
Hebrew: הוֹרֶה (he) m (horé)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PARENT
Hindi: माता-पिता (mātā-pitā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PARENT, माँ-बाप (mā̃-bāp)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PARENT
Hungarian: szülő (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PARENT
Icelandic: foreldri (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#PARENT
Ido: genitoro (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#PARENT
Interlingua: parenteCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#PARENT, genitorCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#PARENT
Irish: tuismitheoir mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PARENT
Italian: genitore (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#PARENT, genitrice (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#PARENT
Japanese: 親 (ja) (おや, oya)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT, 父母 (ja) (ふぼ, fubo)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT
Kapampangan: pengariCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#PARENT
Kashmiri: مول موج (mōl mōj)Category:Terms with Kashmiri translations#PARENT
Khmer: ឪពុក (km) (ʼəwpuk)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PARENT (father), ម្ដាយ (km) (mdaay)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PARENT (mother), ឪពុកម្ដាយ (ʼəwpuk mdaay)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PARENT
Kikuyu: mũciari class 1Category:Terms with Kikuyu translations#PARENT
Korean: 부모(父母) (ko) (bumo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PARENT, 어버이 (ko) (eobeoi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PARENT, 부모님 (ko) (bumonim)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PARENT (honorific)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dêbav (ku) plCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#PARENT
Ladino: jenitor m (יניטורזﬞ)Category:Terms with Ladino translations#PARENT
Lao: ພໍ່ແມ່ (phǭ mǣ)Category:Terms with Lao translations#PARENT
Latgalian: dzymdynuotuoji plCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#PARENT, tāvs mCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#PARENT, muote fCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#PARENT
Latin: parēns (la) m or fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PARENT, genitor mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PARENT
Latvian: vecāki plCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PARENT, tēvs (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PARENT, māte (lv) fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PARENT
Lithuanian: (father and mother) tėvai (lt) plCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#PARENT
Livonian: vanbizt plCategory:Terms with Livonian translations#PARENT
Louisiana Creole: parenCategory:Terms with Louisiana Creole translations#PARENT
Low German:
German Low German: Öllern (nds) plCategory:Terms with German Low German translations#PARENT Category:Terms with Low German translations#PARENT (plural only)
Luhya: omsasiCategory:Terms with Luhya translations#PARENT
Lutuv: nungpaaCategory:Terms with Lutuv translations#PARENT
Luxembourgish: Elteren plCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#PARENT
Macedonian: родител (mk) m (roditel)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PARENT, родителка f (roditelka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PARENT
Malay: ibu bapa (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#PARENT, emak ayahCategory:Terms with Malay translations#PARENT
Brunei Malay: indungCategory:Terms with Brunei Malay translations#PARENT
Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠ
ᡝᠮᡝ (ama eme)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#PARENT
Māori: matuaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PARENT
Marquesan:
South Marquesan: motuaCategory:Terms with South Marquesan translations#PARENT
Mongolian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mongolian#PARENT
Niuean: motuaCategory:Terms with Niuean translations#PARENT
Norman: parent mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#PARENT (Guernsey), pathent mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#PARENT (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forelder (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PARENT

Nynorsk: forelder mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#PARENT
Occitan:
Old Occitan: parentCategory:Terms with Old Occitan translations#PARENT
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: родител҄ь m (roditelʹĭ)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#PARENT
Old English: ieldra mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#PARENT
Old Norse: forellri nCategory:Terms with Old Norse translations#PARENT
Ossetian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Ossetian#PARENT
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مَنْبَع (manba')Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#PARENT Category:Terms with Persian translations#PARENT, والِدِیْن (vâledeyn)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#PARENT Category:Terms with Persian translations#PARENT (parents)
Polish: rodzic (pl) m persCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PARENT
Portuguese: pai (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PARENT, genitor (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PARENT
Rapa Nui: matu'aCategory:Terms with Rapa Nui translations#PARENT
Rarotongan: matuaCategory:Terms with Rarotongan translations#PARENT
Romanian: părinte (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PARENT
Romansh: genitur mCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#PARENT
Russian: роди́тель (ru) m (rodítelʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT, роди́тельница (ru) f (rodítelʹnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT, пре́док (ru) m (prédok)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT (colloquial, humorous)
Sami:
Northern Sami: váhnenCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#PARENT, vánhenCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#PARENT
Samoan: matua (sm)Category:Terms with Samoan translations#PARENT
Scottish Gaelic: pàrant mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PARENT
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ро̀дитељ mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PARENT, родитѐљица fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PARENT

Latin: ròditelj (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PARENT, roditèljica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PARENT
Sicilian: ginituri (scn) mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#PARENT
Sinhalese: මව්පිය (mawpiya)Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations#PARENT
Slovak: rodič (sk) mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#PARENT
Slovene: starš mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PARENT, roditelj mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PARENT
Somali: waalid (so)Category:Terms with Somali translations#PARENT
Spanish: padre (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT (father), madre (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT (mother), progenitor (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT, xadreCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT (gender-neutral, neologism)
Swahili: mzazi (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PARENT
Swedish: förälder (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#PARENT
Tagalog: magulang (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#PARENT
Tahitian: metuaCategory:Terms with Tahitian translations#PARENT
Tetum: amanCategory:Terms with Tetum translations#PARENT inanCategory:Terms with Tetum translations#PARENT
Thai: พ่อแม่ (th) (pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛ)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PARENT
Tibetan: ཕ་མ pl (pha ma)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#PARENT
Tok Pisin: papamamaCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#PARENT
Tongan: motuʻaCategory:Terms with Tongan translations#PARENT, mātuʻaCategory:Terms with Tongan translations#PARENT
Tswana: motsadiCategory:Terms with Tswana translations#PARENT (1/2)
Turkish: ebeveyn (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PARENT, anne-babaCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#PARENT
Tuvan: ада-ие (ada-ie)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#PARENT
Ukrainian: роди́тель m (rodýtelʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PARENT, ба́тько (uk) m (bátʹko)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PARENT ("father", in plural - also "parents"), батьки́ (uk) m pl (batʹký)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PARENT (parents), роди́телька f (rodýtelʹka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PARENT
Urdu: والِدَین (ur) pl (vālidain)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PARENT (parents), والِد (ur) m (vālid)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PARENT (father), والِدَہ (ur) f (vālida)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PARENT (mother), ماں باپ pl (mā̃ bāp)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PARENT (parents)
Vietnamese: phụ huynh (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PARENT
Volapük: (♂♀) pal (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♂) hipal (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♀) jipal (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT
Waray-Waray: kag-anakCategory:Terms with Waray-Waray translations#PARENT
Welsh: rhiant (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#PARENT, rhieni (cy) m plCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#PARENT
Winnebago: xʼookeCategory:Terms with Winnebago translations#PARENT
Zande: gumeCategory:Terms with Zande translations#PARENT

person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian

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Armenian: ծնող (hy) (cnoġ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PARENT
Azerbaijani: valideyn (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PARENT
Bulgarian: насто́йник (bg) m (nastójnik)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PARENT, опеку́н m (opekún)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PARENT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監護人 / 监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#PARENT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PARENT
Czech: poručník (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PARENT, poručníce fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PARENT
Dutch: ouder (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PARENT
Finnish: vanhempi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PARENT, ottovanhempi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PARENT
Georgian: მშობელი (mšobeli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#PARENT
German: Elternteil (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT, Eltern (de) plCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT
Greek: γονέας (el) m (gonéas)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PARENT
Hindi: अभिभावक (hi) (abhibhāvak)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PARENT
Irish: tuismitheoir mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PARENT
Japanese: 保護者 (ja) (ほごしゃ, hogosha)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT, 養父母 (ja) (ようふぼ, yōfubo)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT (foster father and mother)
Kapampangan: pengariCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#PARENT
Korean: 보호자(保護者) (ko) (bohoja)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PARENT
Lithuanian: globėjas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#PARENT, rūpintojas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#PARENT, patėvis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#PARENT
Old English: ieldra mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#PARENT
Polish: opiekun (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PARENT, opiekunka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PARENT
Portuguese: pai (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PARENT
Russian: опеку́н (ru) m (opekún)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT, попечи́тель (ru) m (popečítelʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT, попечи́тельница (ru) f (popečítelʹnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT
Scottish Gaelic: pàrant mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PARENT
Swedish: förälder (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#PARENT
Tagalog: magulang (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#PARENT
Tok Pisin: papamamaCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#PARENT
Turkish: ebeveyn (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PARENT, veli (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PARENT
Volapük: (♂♀) daoptanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♂) hidaoptanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♀) jidaoptanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♂♀) kälan (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♂) hikälanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT, (♀) jikälan (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#PARENT

biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended

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Armenian: ծնող (hy) (cnoġ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PARENT
Azerbaijani: valideyn (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PARENT
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mandarin#PARENT
Czech: rodič (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PARENT
Dutch: ouder (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PARENT
Finnish: vanhempi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PARENT
German: Elternpflanze fCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (plant), männliche ElternpflanzeCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (male), weibliche Elternpflanze fCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (female), Vaterpflanze fCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (male), Mutterpfanze fCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (female), Elterntier nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (animal), männliches Elterntier nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (male), weibliches Elterntier nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (female), Vater (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (male), Vatertier nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (male), Mutter (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (female), Muttertier (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT (female)
Japanese: 親 (ja) (おや, oya)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bavan (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#PARENT
Polish: roślina mateczna fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PARENT (plant)
Russian: роди́тель (ru) m (rodítelʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT, роди́тельница (ru) f (rodítelʹnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT
Swahili: mzazi (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PARENT
Turkish: ebeveyn (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PARENT

source or origin of something

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Armenian: աղբյուր (hy) (aġbyur)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PARENT
Bulgarian: изто́чник (bg) m (iztóčnik)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PARENT
Catalan: pare (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PARENT, mare (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PARENT
Czech: zdroj (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PARENT
Danish: ophavCategory:Terms with Danish translations#PARENT
Dutch: bron (nl) cCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PARENT, ouder (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PARENT
Finnish: syntyperä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PARENT
Japanese: 親 (ja) (おや, oya)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT
Portuguese: pai (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PARENT, mãe (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PARENT
Russian: исто́чник (ru) m (istóčnik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT, причи́на (ru) f (pričína)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PARENT
Swahili: mzazi (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PARENT

parent company — see parent company

computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended

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Dutch: ouder (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PARENT
Japanese: 親 (ja) (おや, oya)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PARENT
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ава (ava)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#PARENT
Vietnamese: mẹ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PARENT (only attributively)

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Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} ouer (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Afrikaans translations#PARENT
Breton: ^{(please verify)} tud (br) plCategory:Terms with Breton translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Breton translations#PARENT, (only plural, otherwise use father or mother) ^{(please verify)} kerent (br) plCategory:Terms with Breton translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Breton translations#PARENT
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} patro (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Esperanto translations#PARENT
French: ^{(please verify)} parent (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of French translations#PARENT
German: ^{(please verify)} Elternteil (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of German translations#PARENT
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הורה (he) m (hore)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Hebrew translations#PARENT, ^{(please verify)} הורה (he) f (hora)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Hebrew translations#PARENT, plural: הורים (horim) m or m or f, ^{(please verify)} הורות (he) f (horot)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Hebrew translations#PARENT
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} foreldrar (is) plCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Icelandic translations#PARENT
Ido: ^{(please verify)} genitoro (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Ido translations#PARENT
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} orangtua (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Indonesian translations#PARENT
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} parenteCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#PARENT, ^{(please verify)} genitorCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#PARENT
Italian: ^{(please verify)} genitore (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Italian translations#PARENT
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 어버이 (ko) (eobeoi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Korean translations#PARENT, ^{(please verify)} 부모 (ko) (bumo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Korean translations#PARENT
Latin: ^{(please verify)} parēns (la) m or fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Latin translations#PARENT
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} părinte (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#PARENT
Slovene: (there are only 'parents' in Slovene, there is no singular form to it; if used in singular, we say 'father' oče or 'mother' mati, or very formally roditelj) ^{(please verify)} starši (sl) m plCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Slovene translations#PARENT
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} padre (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Spanish translations#PARENT, ^{(please verify)} madre (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Spanish translations#PARENT, ^{(please verify)} origen (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Spanish translations#PARENT, ^{(please verify)} progenitor (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Spanish translations#PARENT
Swedish: (1,2,3,4) ^{(please verify)} förälder (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Swedish translations#PARENT
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ebeveyn (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PARENT Category:Requests for review of Turkish translations#PARENT

Verb

parent (third-person singular simple present parents, present participle parenting, simple past and past participle parented)Category:English lemmas#PARENT Category:English verbs#PARENT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

To act as parent, to raise or rear.
Synonyms: raise, rear
- 2006, Natalie Bandlow, Parent to Child the Guide: How to Create a Comprehensive And Meaningful Journal to Prepare Your Child for Life, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1:
  However, even with money and caregivers, the child is left without a parent and most likely without a plan for their emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. A time will come when you will no longer be able to parent your child, period.
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(programming Category:en:Programming#PARENT) To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.

Derived terms

Translations

to act as parent

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Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PARENT
Finnish: kasvattaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PARENT

References

↑ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “parent”, in The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volumes II (P–Z, Supplement and Bibliography), Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 1274.

Anagrams

-pteran, Panter, Parten, arpent, enrapt, entrap, panter, trepan

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Category:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#PARENT Category:Catalan terms derived from Latin#PARENT parentem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈɾen]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#PARENT

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈɾent]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#PARENT

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈɾent]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#PARENT
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
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Noun

parent m (plural parents, feminine parenta, feminine plural parentes)Category:Catalan lemmas#PARENT Category:Catalan nouns#PARENT Category:Catalan countable nouns#PARENT Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Catalan masculine nouns#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

relative (someone in the same family)

Derived terms

emparentar

Related terms

parentiu

References

“parent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“parent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“parent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“parent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French Category:French terms inherited from Middle French#PARENT Category:French terms derived from Middle French#PARENT parent, from Old French Category:French terms inherited from Old French#PARENT Category:French terms derived from Old French#PARENT parent, from Latin Category:French terms inherited from Latin#PARENT Category:French terms derived from Latin#PARENT parentem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɑ̃/Category:French 2-syllable words#PARENTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PARENT
- Audio: (file)
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- Audio (Quebec); [paˈʁã]: (file)
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Noun

parent m (plural parents, feminine parente)Category:French lemmas#PARENT Category:French nouns#PARENT Category:French countable nouns#PARENT Category:French entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:French masculine nouns#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

relative, relation, family member
Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis.
We must always stand by our family and our friends.
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- 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 4, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:
  Une de ses parentes éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils.
  One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons.
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(North America Category:North American French#PARENT, in the singular) parent
(in the plural) ancestors
(especially in the plural) parents

Derived terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: paran

Adjective

parent (feminine parente, masculine plural parents, feminine plural parentes)Category:French lemmas#PARENT Category:French adjectives#PARENT Category:French entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

parentCategory:French non-lemma forms#PARENT Category:French verb forms#PARENT Category:French entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of parer

Anagrams

arpent, râpent

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Latin

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French Category:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#PARENT Category:Middle French terms derived from Old French#PARENT parent.

Noun

parent m (plural parens)Category:Middle French lemmas#PARENT Category:Middle French nouns#PARENT Category:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Middle French masculine nouns#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT Category:Middle French countable nouns#PARENT

parent

Descendants

French: parent

Norman

Alternative forms

pathent (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French Category:Norman terms inherited from Old French#PARENT Category:Norman terms derived from Old French#PARENT parent, from Latin Category:Norman terms inherited from Latin#PARENT Category:Norman terms derived from Latin#PARENT parēns, parentem, from pariō, parere (“bring forth, give birth to, produce”).

Noun

parent m (plural parents)Category:Norman lemmas#PARENT Category:Norman nouns#PARENT Category:Norman entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Norman masculine nouns#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

(Guernsey Category:Guernsey Norman#PARENT) parent
Hyponyms: mère, père

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin Category:Old French terms inherited from Latin#PARENT Category:Old French terms derived from Latin#PARENT parēns, parentem.

Noun

parent oblique singular, m (oblique plural parenz or parentz, nominative singular parenz or parentz, nominative plural parent)Category:Old French lemmas#PARENT Category:Old French nouns#PARENT Category:Old French masculine nouns#PARENT Category:Old French entries with incorrect language header#PARENT Category:Old French masculine nouns#PARENT Category:Pages with entries#PARENT Category:Pages with 7 entries#PARENT

parent

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Middle English: parent
- English: parent
Middle French: parent
- French: parent
Norman: parent (Guernsey), pathent (Jersey)

[COED2-1] John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “parent”, in The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volumes II (P–Z, Supplement and Bibliography), Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 1274.

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