Parent

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1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Related terms 3 Translations 4 French 5 Noun 6 Pronunciation 7 Meanings 8 Translations

Pronunciation

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)

• 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: 부모님 [父母-] (bumonim)
• Polish: rodzic m
• Portuguese: pai m, mãe f
• Romanian: părinte m
• Spanish: padre m, madre f, origen m
• Swedish: förälder (1, 2, 3, 4)

French

Noun

parent m

Plural: parents

Pronunciation

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