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English

Etymology

From Latin parēns "parent".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpærənt/
• SAMPA: /"per@nt/

Noun

parent ( plural parents )

1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
2. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child. ( adoptive parent , foster parent )
3. ( biology ) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
4. The source or origin of something.
5. A group from which another group is formed, or which completely controls a subordinate group. ( parent company )
6. In object oriented computer programming, the object from which a child or derived object is decended The child object inherits methods and data fields from the parent.

Quotations

person from whom one is descended

• 1591 — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet i Prologue

  From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
  Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.

• 1611 — William Shakespeare, The Tempest i 2

  I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated to closeness and the bettering of my mind with that, which, but by being so retir'd, O'er-priz'd all popular rate, in my false brother awak'd an evil nature; and my trust, like a good parent , did beget of him a falsehood.

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, 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:

source or origin

• 1608 — William Shakespeare, Pericles ii 3

  Whereby I see that Time's the king of men, He's both their parent , and he is their grave.

Synonyms

1. ( person who whom one is descended ): father, mother, progenitor

Antonyms

1. ( person who whom one is descended ): child, offspring

Translations

Related terms

• parentage
• parental
• parenthood
• parenting
• parent company

See also

• foster
• object-oriented programming (6)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pa.'ʁɑ~/

Noun

parent m . Plural: parents

1. one's father or mother
2. any person to which one is related

Other Translations for "parent"

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Binary		1110000 1100001 1110010 1100101 1101110 1110100
Hex		706172656E74
Pig Latin		arentpay

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