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Middle English parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parentem, accusative of parēns (“parent”), present participle of parere "to breed, bring forth". Displaced native Middle English alder, aldor (“parent”) (from Old English ealdor (“parent”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
parent (plural parents)
- One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
- A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child. (adoptive parent, foster parent)
- (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
- The source or origin of something.
- A group from which another group is formed, or which completely controls a subordinate group. (parent company)
- (computing, object oriented computer programming) The object from which a child or derived object is descended.
Quotations
- person from whom one is descended
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- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of 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 (Authorized Version), 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
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- 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre ii 3
- Whereby I see that Time’s the king of men, He’s both their parent, and he is their grave.
Synonyms
- (person from whom one is descended): progenitor
- (computing: object from which a child is descended): mother
Antonyms
- (person from whom one is descended): child, offspring
- (computing: object from which a child is descended): child
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Verb
parent (third-person singular simple present parents, present participle parenting, simple past and past participle parented)
Derived terms
Translations
to act as parent
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French
Etymology
From Latin parēns.
Pronunciation
Noun
parent m. (plural parents)
Derived terms
Verb
parent
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Latin
Verb
parent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of parō
Middle French
Noun
parent m. (plural parens)
Old French
Noun
parent m. (oblique plural parenz, nominative singular parenz, nominative plural parent)
Derived terms
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A parent (from Latin: parēns = parent) is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). Children can have one or more parents, but they must have two biological parents. Biological parents consist of the male who sired the child and the female who gave birth to the child. In all human societies, the biological mother and father are both responsible for raising their young. However, some parents may not be biologically related to their children. An adoptive parent is one who nurtures and raises the offspring of the biological parents but is not actually biologically related to the child. Children without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members.
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