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parenter

UK/ˈpɛəɹəntə/US/ˈpɛ(ə)ɹəntəɹ/

parenter is the agent noun of parent.

Meaning of parent

Noun

parent (plural parents)

  1. (in 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.
    Synonyms:
    genitor, progenitor
    Antonyms:
    child, offspring
  2. (in 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. (obsolete) A relative.
  6. The source or origin of something.
    • Misery is often the parent of the most affecting touches in poetry.1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia

See all 14 meanings of parent

Forms of parenter

pluralparenters

Origin of parenter

From parent + -er.

Questions about parenter

What is parenter the agent noun of?
Parenter is the agent noun of parent.
How do you pronounce parenter?
Parenter is pronounced /ˈpɛəɹəntə/ (UK).

Words near parenter in the dictionary

  1. parented
  2. parentela
  3. parentelae
  4. parentelas
  5. parentelic
  6. parenter
  7. parenteral
  8. parenterally
  9. parenters
  10. Parentes
  11. parentese

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