Parent
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈperənt/
- SAMPA: /"per@nt/
Noun
parent (Plural: parents)
- One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended.
- A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child. (adoptive parent, foster parent)
- (Biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
- A group from which another group is formed, or which completely controls a subordinate group. (parent company)
Related terms
- parenthood
- parenting
Translations
- Breton: tud pl, kerent pl (only plural, otherwise use father or mother)
- Bulgarian: родител m (1)
- Catalan: pare m, mare f (parents in plural: pares m)
- Dutch: ouder m
- Esperanto: patro m, patrino f
- Finnish: vanhempi
- French: parent m
- German: Elternteil m
- Hebrew: הורה (Hor'e) m, הורה (Hora) f, Plural: הורים (Horim) m or m & f, הורות (Horot) f
- Ido: genitoro
- Indonesian: orangtua
- Interlingua: parente, genitor
- Italian: genitore
- Japanese: 親 (おや, oya)
- Korean: 어버이 (eoh-beo-i), Hanja: 부모 (bou-mo)
- Polish: rodzic m
- Portuguese: pai m, mãe f
- Romanian: părinte m
- Slovene: starši m pl (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)
- Spanish: padre m, madre f, origen m
- Swedish: förälder (1, 2, 3, 4)
French
Noun
parent m
Plural: parents
Pronunciation
- IPA: /'parɔ~nt/
