parenthesis

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• /pəˈɹɛn.θə.sɪs/
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 EH1 N TH AH0 S IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion”). By surface analysis, par- + en- + thesis.

169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حشو (ḥašw) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Armenian: միջանկյալ բառ (miǰankyal baṙ) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Armenian: միջանկյալ նախադասություն (miǰankyal naxadasutʻyun) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Bulgarian: вмъ́кната ду́ма (vmǎ́knata dúma) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Catalan: parèntesi — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Czech: vsuvka — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Dutch: parenthese — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Finnish: parenteesi — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• French: parenthèse — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Galician: paréntese — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• German: Parenthese — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• German: Einschub — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Ancient Greek: παρένθεσις (parénthesis) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Hungarian: közbevetés — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Irish: idiraisnéis — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Latvian: iespraudums — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Portuguese: parêntese — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Romanian: paranteză — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Russian: вво́дное сло́во (vvódnoje slóvo) — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-aisneis — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ràdh — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Spanish: paréntesis — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Swedish: parentes — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• Tagalog: panaklong — a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
• French: parenthèse — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Galician: paréntese — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi) — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Polish: wtrącenie — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Polish: parenteza — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Portuguese: parêntese — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Russian: отступле́ние (otstuplénije) — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Russian: отклоне́ние (otklonénije) — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Spanish: paréntesis — (rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
• Albanian: kllapë — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Arabic: قَوْس m (plural: أَقْوَاس m pl, قَوْسَانِ (ʔaqwās) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Armenian: փակագիծ (pʻakagic) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Azerbaijani: mötərizə — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Bashkir: йәйә (yəyə) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Belarusian: ду́жка (dúžka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Belarusian: ско́бка (skóbka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Bulgarian: ско́ба (skóba) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Bulgarian: ско́бка (skóbka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Burmese: လက်သည်းကွင်း (laksany:kwang:) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Catalan: parèntesi — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Chinese Mandarin: 圓括號 /圆括号 (yuánkuòhào) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Chinese Mandarin: 插入語 /插入语 (chārùyǔ) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Chinese Mandarin: 括弧 (kuòhú) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Cornish: krommvagh — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Czech: závorka — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Danish: parentes — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Dutch: haakje — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Esperanto: parentezo — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Estonian: kiil — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Estonian: kiillause — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Faroese: klombur — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Finnish: sulkumerkki — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Finnish: sulje — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Finnish: sulku — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• French: parenthèse — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Galician: paréntese — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Georgian: ფრჩხილი (prčxili) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Georgian: მრგვალი ფრჩხილები (mrgvali prčxilebi) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• German: runde Klammer — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• German: Klammer — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• German: Parenthese — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Hebrew: סוֹגֵר (sogér) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Hindi: कोष्ठक (koṣṭhak) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Hungarian: zárójel — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Icelandic: svigi — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Irish: lúibín — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Italian: parentesi — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Japanese: 括弧 (kakko) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Kazakh: жақша (jaqşa) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Khmer: វង់ក្រចក (vŭəng krɑɑcɑɑk) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Korean: 괄호 (gwalho) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Kumyk: жая (jaya) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Northern Kurdish: kevan — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Kyrgyz: кашаа (kaşaa) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Lao: ນະຂາລິຂິດ (na khā li khit) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Lao: ວົງເລັບ (wong lep) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Latin: unca — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Latvian: iekavas — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Latvian: apaļās iekavas — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Lithuanian: skliaustai — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Lithuanian: skliausteliai — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Luxembourgish: Klamer — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Macedonian: заграда (zagrada) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Malay: tanda kurung — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Malay: kurung — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Malayalam: വലയം (valayaṁ) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Māori: taiepa — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Māori: taiepa pewa — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Mongolian: хаалт (xaalt) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Norwegian Bokmål: parentes — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Pashto: قوس (qaws) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Persian: پَرانتِز (parântez) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Persian: قُلّاب (qollâb) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Persian: قَوس (qaws) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Persian: کمانویسه — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Polish: nawias — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Portuguese: parêntese — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Romanian: paranteză — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Russian: ско́бка (skóbka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Russian: кру́глая ско́бка (krúglaja skóbka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Sanskrit: आवरण (āvaraṇa) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Sanskrit: कोष्ठक (koṣṭhaka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Scottish Gaelic: camag — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑града — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃgrada — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Slovak: zátvorka — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Slovene: oklepáj — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Spanish: paréntesis — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Swedish: parentes — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Tajik: қавс (qavs) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Tajik: қавсайн (qavsayn) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Tamil: அடைப்புக்குறி (aṭaippukkuṟi) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Tatar: җәя (cäyä) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Thai: นขลิขิต (ná-kà-lí-kìt) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Thai: ความแทรก (kwaam-sɛ̂ɛk) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Turkish: parantez — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Turkish: ayraç — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Turkmen: ýaý — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Ukrainian: ду́жка (dúžka) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Urdu: قَوس (qaus) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Uyghur: تىرناق (tirnaq) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Uzbek: qavs — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Uzbek: skobka — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Vietnamese: ngoặc — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Vietnamese: ngoặc đơn — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Welsh: cromfach — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Yiddish: קלאַמער (klamer) — either of a pair of brackets ( )
• Armenian: փակագծեր (pʻakagcer) — both round brackets
• Bulgarian: кръ́гли ско́би (krǎ́gli skóbi) — both round brackets
• Catalan: parèntesis — both round brackets
• Cornish: krommvaghow — both round brackets
• Danish: parentes — both round brackets
• Dutch: haakjes — both round brackets
• Esperanto: rondaj krampoj — both round brackets
• Finnish: sulkeet — both round brackets
• Finnish: sulkumerkit — both round brackets
• Finnish: sulut — both round brackets
• French: parenthèses — both round brackets
• Galician: parénteses — both round brackets
• German: runde Klammer — both round brackets
• Greek: παρενθέσεις (parenthéseis) — both round brackets
• Irish: lúibíní — both round brackets
• Latin: uncae — both round brackets
• Māori: taiepa (when preceded by plural 'ngā') — both round brackets
• Polish: nawiasy — both round brackets
• Portuguese: parênteses — both round brackets
• Russian: ско́бки (skóbki) — both round brackets
• Tamil: அடைப்புக்குறிகள் (aṭaippukkuṟikaḷ) — both round brackets
• Turkish: parantez — both round brackets
• Welsh: cromfachau — both round brackets
• Armenian: փակագծեր (pʻakagcer) — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Bulgarian: ско́ба (skóba) — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Chinese Mandarin: 括號 /括号 (kuòhào) — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Danish: parentes — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Dutch: haakje — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Finnish: sulkeet — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• French: parenthèses — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Galician: paréntese — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• German: runde Klammer — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi) — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Polish: nawias — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Spanish: paréntesis — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
• Turkish: parantez — (mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator