Parent

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Related terms 3 Translations 1 French 1.1 Noun 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Meanings 1.4 Translations

Pronunciation

• IPA : /ˈperənt/
• SAMPA : /"per@nt/

Noun

parent (Plural: parents)

1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended.

   See also: mother, 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. A group from which another group is formed, or which completely controls a subordinate group. (parent company)
5. 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.

Related terms

• parenthood
• parenting
• object-oriented programming (5)

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
• Russian: родитель m (1)
• 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)
• Turkish: ebeveyn

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French

Noun

parent m

Plural: parents

Pronunciation

• IPA : /'parɔ~nt/

Meanings

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

Translations

• English: parent (1), relation (2), relative (2)