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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɛəɹənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: pâʹrənt
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpɛːɹənt/
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• UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ˈpɛəɹənt/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: /ˈpæɹənt/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: pârʹənt without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: părʹənt without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈpɛɹənt/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• pĕrʹənt General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• US: Mmmm Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /ˈpeːɹənt/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpeəɹənt/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈpiəɹənt/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /ˈpeɾənt/
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• /ˈpɜːɹənt/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• India: /ˈpɛː.reɳʈ/
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• India: /ˈpæː.renʈ/
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• India: /ˈpeː.reɳʈ/
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹənt
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• rhymes with -æɹənt
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• CMU ARPABET: P EH1 R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

267 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: абхша (abxŝa) — person from whom one is descended
• Aghwan: 𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐔾 (bixal) — person from whom one is descended
• Albanian: prind — person from whom one is descended
• Arabic: وَالِد (wālid) — person from whom one is descended
• Arabic: وَالِدَة (wālida) — person from whom one is descended
• Arabic: وَالِدَان (wālidān) — person from whom one is descended
• Arabic: اهل (ahal) — person from whom one is descended
• Aramaic: ܝܠܘܕܐ (yālōḏā) — person from whom one is descended
• Aramaic: ܝܠܘܕܬܐ (yālōḏtā) — person from whom one is descended
• Armenian: ծնող (cnoġ) — person from whom one is descended
• Aromanian: pãrinti — person from whom one is descended
• Aromanian: pãrinte — person from whom one is descended
• Aromanian: printi — person from whom one is descended
• Aromanian: printe — person from whom one is descended
• Avar: эбел (ebel) — person from whom one is descended
• Avar: эмен (emen) — person from whom one is descended
• Azerbaijani: valideyn — person from whom one is descended
• Azerbaijani: ata-ana — person from whom one is descended
• Azerbaijani: ana-ata — person from whom one is descended
• Bashkir: ата-әсә (ata-əsə) — person from whom one is descended
• Basque: guraso — person from whom one is descended
• Belarusian: ба́цька (bácʹka) — person from whom one is descended
• Belarusian: радзі́цель (radzícjelʹ) — person from whom one is descended
• Belarusian: радзі́целька (radzícjelʹka) — person from whom one is descended
• Bengali: পিতামাতা (pitamata) — person from whom one is descended
• Central Bikol: magurang — person from whom one is descended
• Bulgarian: роди́тел (rodítel) — person from whom one is descended
• Bulgarian: роди́телка (rodítelka) — person from whom one is descended
• Burmese: မိဘ (mi.bha.) — person from whom one is descended
• Catalan: progenitor — person from whom one is descended
• Catalan: genitor — person from whom one is descended
• Catalan: pares — person from whom one is descended
• Chinese Cantonese: 親 /亲 (can1) — person from whom one is descended
• Chinese Cantonese: 父母 (fu6 mou5) — person from whom one is descended
• Chinese Mandarin: 親 /亲 (qīn) — person from whom one is descended
• Chinese Mandarin: 父母 (fùmǔ) — person from whom one is descended
• Chinese Mandarin: 家長 /家长 (jiāzhǎng) — person from whom one is descended
• Czech: rodič — person from whom one is descended
• Danish: forælder — person from whom one is descended
• Dutch: ouder — person from whom one is descended
• Ese: ohoma — person from whom one is descended
• Esperanto: gepatro — person from whom one is descended
• Esperanto: patro — person from whom one is descended
• Estonian: vanem — person from whom one is descended
• Finnish: vanhempi — person from whom one is descended
• French: parent — person from whom one is descended
• French: géniteur — person from whom one is descended
• French: génitrice — person from whom one is descended
• Friulian: genitôr — person from whom one is descended
• Galician: pai — person from whom one is descended
• Georgian: მშობელი (mšobeli) — person from whom one is descended
• German: Elternteil — person from whom one is descended
• German: Elter — person from whom one is descended
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌾𐍉𐍃 (bērusjōs) — person from whom one is descended
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 (fadrein) — person from whom one is descended
• Greek: γονέας (gonéas) — person from whom one is descended
• Greek: γεννήτορας (gennítoras) — person from whom one is descended
• Ancient Greek: γονεύς (goneús) — person from whom one is descended
• Greenlandic: angajoqqaaq — person from whom one is descended
• Hawaiian: makua — person from whom one is descended
• Hebrew: הוֹרֶה (horé) — person from whom one is descended
• Hindi: माता-पिता (mātā-pitā) — person from whom one is descended
• Hindi: माँ-बाप (mā̃-bāp) — person from whom one is descended
• Hungarian: szülő — person from whom one is descended
• Icelandic: foreldri — person from whom one is descended
• Ido: genitoro — person from whom one is descended
• Interlingua: parente — person from whom one is descended
• Interlingua: genitor — person from whom one is descended
• Irish: tuismitheoir — person from whom one is descended
• Italian: genitore — person from whom one is descended
• Italian: genitrice — person from whom one is descended
• Japanese: 親 (oya) — person from whom one is descended
• Japanese: 父母 (fubo) — person from whom one is descended
• Japanese: 両親 (ryōshin) — person from whom one is descended
• Kapampangan: pengari — person from whom one is descended
• Kashmiri: مول موج (mōl mōj) — person from whom one is descended
• Khmer: ឪពុក (ʼəwpuk) — person from whom one is descended
• Khmer: ម្ដាយ (mdaay) — person from whom one is descended
• Khmer: ឪពុកម្ដាយ (ʼəwpuk mdaay) — person from whom one is descended
• Kikuyu: mũciari — person from whom one is descended
• Korean: 부모 (bumo) — person from whom one is descended
• Korean: 어버이 (eobeoi) — person from whom one is descended
• Korean: 부모님 (bumonim) — person from whom one is descended
• Northern Kurdish: dêbav — person from whom one is descended
• Ladino: jenitor — person from whom one is descended
• Lao: ພໍ່ແມ່ (phǭ mǣ) — person from whom one is descended
• Latgalian: dzymdynuotuoji — person from whom one is descended
• Latgalian: tāvs — person from whom one is descended
• Latgalian: muote — person from whom one is descended
• Latin: parēns — person from whom one is descended
• Latin: genitor — person from whom one is descended
• Latvian: vecāki — person from whom one is descended
• Latvian: tēvs — person from whom one is descended
• Latvian: māte — person from whom one is descended
• Lithuanian: tėvai — person from whom one is descended
• Livonian: vanbizt — person from whom one is descended
• Louisiana Creole: paren — person from whom one is descended
• Low German: Öllern — person from whom one is descended
• Luhya: omsasi — person from whom one is descended
• Lutuv: nungpaa — person from whom one is descended
• Luxembourgish: Elteren — person from whom one is descended
• Macedonian: родител (roditel) — person from whom one is descended
• Macedonian: родителка (roditelka) — person from whom one is descended
• Malay: ibu bapa — person from whom one is descended
• Malay: emak ayah — person from whom one is descended
• Brunei Malay: indung — person from whom one is descended
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠ ᡝᠮᡝ (ama eme) — person from whom one is descended
• Māori: matua — person from whom one is descended
• South Marquesan: motua — person from whom one is descended
• Niuean: motua — person from whom one is descended
• Norman: parent — person from whom one is descended
• Norman: pathent — person from whom one is descended
• Norwegian Bokmål: forelder — person from whom one is descended
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forelder — person from whom one is descended
• Old Occitan: parent — person from whom one is descended
• Church Slavic: родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) — person from whom one is descended
• Old English: ieldra — person from whom one is descended
• Old Norse: forellri — person from whom one is descended
• Iranian Persian: مَنْبَع (manba') — person from whom one is descended
• Iranian Persian: والِدِیْن (vâledeyn) — person from whom one is descended
• Polish: rodzic — person from whom one is descended
• Portuguese: pai — person from whom one is descended
• Portuguese: genitor — person from whom one is descended
• Portuguese: progenitor — person from whom one is descended
• Rapa Nui: matu'a — person from whom one is descended
• Rarotongan: matua — person from whom one is descended
• Romanian: părinte — person from whom one is descended
• Romansh: genitur — person from whom one is descended
• Russian: роди́тель (rodítelʹ) — person from whom one is descended
• Russian: роди́тельница (rodítelʹnica) — person from whom one is descended
• Russian: пре́док (prédok) — person from whom one is descended
• Northern Sami: váhnen — person from whom one is descended
• Northern Sami: vánhen — person from whom one is descended
• Samoan: matua — person from whom one is descended
• Scottish Gaelic: pàrant — person from whom one is descended
• Serbo-Croatian: ро̀дитељ — person from whom one is descended
• Serbo-Croatian: родитѐљица — person from whom one is descended
• Serbo-Croatian: ròditelj — person from whom one is descended
• Serbo-Croatian: roditèljica — person from whom one is descended
• Sicilian: ginituri — person from whom one is descended
• Sinhalese: මව්පිය (mawpiya) — person from whom one is descended
• Slovak: rodič — person from whom one is descended
• Slovene: starš — person from whom one is descended
• Slovene: roditelj — person from whom one is descended
• Somali: waalid — person from whom one is descended
• Spanish: padre — person from whom one is descended
• Spanish: madre — person from whom one is descended
• Spanish: progenitor — person from whom one is descended
• Spanish: xadre — person from whom one is descended
• Swahili: mzazi — person from whom one is descended
• Swedish: förälder — person from whom one is descended
• Tagalog: magulang — person from whom one is descended
• Tahitian: metua — person from whom one is descended
• Tetum: aman — person from whom one is descended
• Thai: พ่อแม่ (pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛ) — person from whom one is descended
• Tibetan: ཕ་མ (pha ma) — person from whom one is descended
• Tok Pisin: papamama — person from whom one is descended
• Tongan: motuʻa — person from whom one is descended
• Tongan: mātuʻa — person from whom one is descended
• Tswana: motsadi (1/2) — person from whom one is descended
• Turkish: ebeveyn — person from whom one is descended
• Turkish: anne-baba — person from whom one is descended
• Tuvan: ада-ие (ada-ie) — person from whom one is descended
• Ukrainian: роди́тель (rodýtelʹ) — person from whom one is descended
• Ukrainian: ба́тько (bátʹko) — person from whom one is descended
• Ukrainian: батьки́ (batʹký) — person from whom one is descended
• Ukrainian: роди́телька (rodýtelʹka) — person from whom one is descended
• Urdu: والِدَین (vālidain) — person from whom one is descended
• Urdu: والِد (vālid) — person from whom one is descended
• Urdu: والِدَہ (vālida) — person from whom one is descended
• Urdu: ماں باپ (mā̃ bāp) — person from whom one is descended
• Vietnamese: phụ huynh — person from whom one is descended
• Volapük: pal — person from whom one is descended
• Volapük: hipal — person from whom one is descended
• Volapük: jipal — person from whom one is descended
• Waray-Waray: kag-anak — person from whom one is descended
• Welsh: rhiant — person from whom one is descended
• Welsh: rhieni — person from whom one is descended
• Winnebago: xʼooke — person from whom one is descended
• Zande: gume — person from whom one is descended
• Armenian: ծնող (cnoġ) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Azerbaijani: valideyn — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Bulgarian: насто́йник (nastójnik) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Bulgarian: опеку́н (opekún) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Chinese Mandarin: 監護人 /监护人 (jiānhùrén) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Czech: poručník — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Czech: poručníce — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Dutch: ouder — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Finnish: vanhempi — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Finnish: ottovanhempi — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Georgian: მშობელი (mšobeli) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• German: Elternteil — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• German: Eltern — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Greek: γονέας (gonéas) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Hindi: अभिभावक (abhibhāvak) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Irish: tuismitheoir — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Japanese: 保護者 (hogosha) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Japanese: 養父母 (yōfubo) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Kapampangan: pengari — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Korean: 보호자 (bohoja) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Lithuanian: globėjas — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Lithuanian: rūpintojas — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Lithuanian: patėvis — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Old English: ieldra — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Polish: opiekun — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Polish: opiekunka — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Portuguese: pai — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Russian: опеку́н (opekún) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Russian: попечи́тель (popečítelʹ) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Russian: попечи́тельница (popečítelʹnica) — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Scottish Gaelic: pàrant — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Swedish: förälder — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Tagalog: magulang — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Tok Pisin: papamama — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Turkish: ebeveyn — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Turkish: veli — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Volapük: daoptan — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Volapük: hidaoptan — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Volapük: jidaoptan — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Volapük: kälan — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Volapük: hikälan — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Volapük: jikälan — person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian
• Armenian: ծնող (cnoġ) — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Azerbaijani: valideyn — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Czech: rodič — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Dutch: ouder — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Finnish: vanhempi — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Elternpflanze — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: männliche Elternpflanze — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: weibliche Elternpflanze — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Vaterpflanze — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Mutterpfanze — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Elterntier — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: männliches Elterntier — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: weibliches Elterntier — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Vater — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Vatertier — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Mutter — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• German: Muttertier — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Japanese: 親 (oya) — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Northern Kurdish: bavan — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Polish: roślina mateczna — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Russian: роди́тель (rodítelʹ) — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Russian: роди́тельница (rodítelʹnica) — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Swahili: mzazi — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Turkish: ebeveyn — biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended
• Armenian: աղբյուր (aġbyur) — source or origin of something
• Bulgarian: изто́чник (iztóčnik) — source or origin of something
• Catalan: pare — source or origin of something
• Catalan: mare — source or origin of something
• Czech: zdroj — source or origin of something
• Danish: ophav — source or origin of something
• Dutch: bron — source or origin of something
• Dutch: ouder — source or origin of something
• Finnish: syntyperä — source or origin of something
• Japanese: 親 (oya) — source or origin of something
• Portuguese: pai — source or origin of something
• Portuguese: mãe — source or origin of something
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — source or origin of something
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — source or origin of something
• Swahili: mzazi — source or origin of something
• Dutch: ouder — computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended
• Japanese: 親 (oya) — computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended
• Eastern Mari: ава (ava) — computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended
• Vietnamese: mẹ — computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended
• Bulgarian: отглеждам (otgleždam) — to act as parent
• Finnish: kasvattaa — to act as parent