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/ˈpeɹənt/PEH-ruhnt
/ˈpɛɹənt/PEH-ruhnt
Meaningone who gives birth
Common meaning: a mother or father
- parto give birth toLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1304 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘produce, afford, prepare, share’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 198, p. 737 · scan
- Latinpariō, partum‘to give birth to’
- Frenchparent
- Englishparent‘a mother or father’ · today
par also in: postpartum
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pariō ‘to give birth to’.
Roots
- pariō, partum Latin “to give birth to”
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