English

Etymology
From L. parens|par�ns "parent".

Pronunciation
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IPA|/�pær�nt/
SAMPA|/"per@nt/

Noun
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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 descended The child object inherits methods and data fields from the parent.

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

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

Translations

Afrikaans: ouer
Armenian: Õ®Õ¶Õ¸Õ² (tsnogh)
Breton: tud p, kerent p (only plural, otherwise use father or mother)
Bulgarian: �оди�ел (roditel) m (1)
Catalan: pare m, mare f (parents in plural: pares m)
Czech: rodi� m
Dutch: ouder m
Esperanto: patro m, patrino f
Finnish: vanhempi
French: #French|parent m
German: Elternteil m
Hebrew: ��ר� (hore) m, ��ר� (hora) f, plural: ��ר�� (horim) m or m|f, ��ר�ת (horot) f
Ido: genitoro
Icelandic: foreldrar p
Indonesian: orangtua
Interlingua: parente, genitor
mid
Italian: genitore
Japanese: 親 (��, oya)
Korean: ��� (eobeo-i), �모 (bumo)
Malay: orang tua
Latin: parens|par�ns m|f
Polish: rodzic m
Portuguese: pai m, mãe f
Romanian: p�rinte m
Russian: �оди�ел� (rodítel�) m (1)
Slovene: starši m|p (there are only 'parents' in Slovene, there is no singular form to it; if used in singular, we say 'father' o�e or 'mother' mati, or very formally roditelj)
Spanish: padre m, madre f, origen m
Swedish: förälder (1,2,3,4)
Turkish: ebeveyn

Related terms
parentage
parental
parenthood
parenting
parent company

See also
foster
w:object-oriented programming|object-oriented programming (6)

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/pa.'��~/

Noun
parent m
Plural: parents

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

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