Meaning

11 senses
  1. (in the plural, often)A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).

    After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.

  2. (in the plural, often)A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.

  3. A surrogate parent.

  4. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.

  5. The source or origin of something.

    исто́чникistóčnik, причи́наpričína

  6. An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.

    Elternpflanze, männliche Elternpflanze, weibliche Elternpflanze

    роди́тельrodítelʹ, роди́тельницаrodítelʹnica

    an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

  7. (attributive)Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.

  8. Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.

    (attributive)A parent company.

  9. The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.

  10. The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.

  11. (obsolete)A relative.

Examples

5924 sentences
  1. Your parents didn't come, did they?

    Твої ж батьки не приїхали? — aandrusiak

    ruТвои родители не пришли, не так ли? — Lenin_1917

    deDeine Eltern sind nicht gekommen, nicht wahr? — Dejo

  2. My parents live in the country.

    Мої батькі живуть у селі. — deniko

    ruМои родители живут за городом. — nina99nv

    deMeine Eltern leben auf dem Land. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I introduced Mary to my parents.

    Я представив Марі своїм батькам. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ представил Мэри своим родителям. — sharptoothed

  4. I'd like to call my parents.

    Я хотів би зателефонувати батькам. — deniko

    ruЯ хотел бы позвонить родителям. — Wadimiy

    deIch würde gerne meine Eltern anrufen. — lilygilder

  5. He introduced me to his parents.

    Він представив мене батькам. — deniko

    ruОн представил меня своим родителям. — Ooneykcall

    deEr hat mich seinen Eltern vorgestellt. — Dejo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person from whom one is descended:
Русский
By meaning 3
person from whom one is descended:
person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian:
source or origin of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person from whom one is descended:
person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian:
biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended:

Origin

From Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, from

From Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, from Latin parentem, accusative of parēns (“parent”), present participle of pariō (“to breed, bring forth”).

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Forms

plural: parents
Singularparent
Pluralparents

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

83 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • my parents are
  • with his parents
  • of my parents
  • with your parents
  • my parents wouldn't
  • to his parents
  • parents got divorced
  • with my parents
  • are your parents
  • parents wouldn't let
  • his parents are
  • parents died when

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
parent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto