English Explanatory Dictionary

parent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
  2. A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
  3. A surrogate parent.
  4. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
  5. A relative.
  6. The source or origin of something.
  7. An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
  8. Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
  9. A parent company.
  10. The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
  11. The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
verb
  1. To act as parent, to raise or rear.
  2. To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɛəɹənt/ pâʹrənt /ˈpɛːɹənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-parent.wav /ˈpæɹənt/ pârʹənt părʹənt /ˈpɛɹənt/ pĕrʹənt En-us-parent.ogg /ˈpeːɹənt/ en-au-pair.ogg /ˈpeəɹənt/ /ˈpiəɹənt/ /ˈpeɾənt/ /ˈpɜːɹənt/ /ˈpareɳʈ/ /ˈpereɳʈ/

Word forms

parent parents parenting parented

Etymology

From Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, from Latin parentem, accusative of parēns (“parent”), present participle of pariō (“to breed, bring forth”).

Synonyms

genitor progenitor mother raise rear

Antonyms

child offspring

Related words

antepartum parous -parous post-partum foster

Derived words

adoptive parent alloparent bioparent birthparent birth parent buddy parent co-parent co-parent-in-law cottage parent curling parent Disney parent foreparent foster parent godparent gold star parent grandparent guideparent helicopter parent heliparent houseparent interparent iPad parent merparent midparent misparented multiparent noncustodial parent nonparent omniparent overparent oversharent parentage parental parent bug parent company parent compound parentcraft parentdom parent drug parentectomy parentelic parenter parentese parenthood parenticide parentification parent-in-law parentish parentism parentland parent language parentless parentlike parentlock parently parentness parent nuclide parent pointer tree parentship parent-teacher association

Translations

Abkhaz: абхша Aghwan: 𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐔾 Albanian: prind Arabic: وَالِد Arabic: وَالِدَة Arabic: وَالِدَان Arabic: اهل Aramaic: ܝܠܘܕܐ Aramaic: ܝܠܘܕܬܐ Armenian: ծնող Aromanian: pãrinti Aromanian: pãrinte Aromanian: printi Aromanian: printe Avar: эбел Avar: эмен Azerbaijani: valideyn Azerbaijani: ata-ana Azerbaijani: ana-ata Bashkir: ата-әсә Basque: guraso Belarusian: ба́цька Belarusian: радзі́цель Belarusian: радзі́целька Bengali: পিতামাতা Central Bikol: magurang Bulgarian: роди́тел Bulgarian: роди́телка Bulgarian: насто́йник Bulgarian: опеку́н Burmese: မိဘ Catalan: progenitor Catalan: genitor Catalan: pares Chinese Cantonese: 親 /亲 Chinese Cantonese: 父母 Chinese Mandarin: 親 /亲 Chinese Mandarin: 父母 Chinese Mandarin: 家長 /家长 Chinese Mandarin: 監護人 /监护人 Czech: rodič Czech: poručník Czech: poručníce Danish: forælder Dutch: ouder Ese: ohoma Esperanto: gepatro Esperanto: patro Estonian: vanem Finnish: vanhempi Finnish: ottovanhempi French: parent French: géniteur French: génitrice Friulian: genitôr Galician: pai Georgian: მშობელი German: Elternteil German: Elter German: Eltern Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌾𐍉𐍃 Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 Greek: γονέας Greek: γεννήτορας Ancient Greek: γονεύς Greenlandic: angajoqqaaq Hawaiian: makua Hebrew: הוֹרֶה Hindi: माता-पिता Hindi: माँ-बाप Hindi: अभिभावक Hungarian: szülő Icelandic: foreldri
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