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==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*per-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|parent}}, borrowed from {{der|en|xno|parent}}, {{der|en|frm|parent}}, from {{der|en|la|parentem}}, accusative of {{m|la|parēns|t=parent}}, present participle of {{m|la|pariō|t=I breed, bring forth}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpæɹ.ənt/|/ˈpɛə.ɹənt/|a=RP}}; {{enPR|părʹ-ənt|pâʹ-rənt}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-parent.wav|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɛɹ.ənt/|/ˈpæɹ.ənt/|a=GA}}; {{enPR|pârʹ-ənt|părʹ-ənt}}
** {{audio|en|En-us-parent.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛə(ɹ)ənt|æɹənt|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|often in the [[plural]]}} A [[person]] who [[raise]]s a [[child]] (which they have [[make|made]], [[adopt]]ed, [[foster]]ed, taken as their own, etc.). {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|After both her '''parents''' were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|I|2|text=my trust / Like a good '''parent''', did beget of him / A falsehood in it's contrarie, as great / As my trust was, which had indeede no limit, / A confidence sans bound.}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|John|9|19–20|passage=And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His '''parents''' answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Siobhan O'Neill|journal=The Guardian|date=24 Aug 2005
|passage=The NHS is naturally pro-immunisation, reassuring '''parents''' that their babies can easily cope with these jabs.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=w:Joseph Stiglitz
|volume=188|issue=26|page=19|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/27/globalisation-is-about-taxes-too Globalisation is about taxes too]
|passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. [&hellip;] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its '''parents''' than in other advanced countries.}}
#: {{syn|en|genitor|progenitor}}
#: {{ant|en|child|offspring}}
#: {{hypo|en|father|mother}}
# {{lb|en|often in the [[plural]]}} A [[person]] who has had a [[baby]]; this person in relation to their [[child]] or [[children]].
# A [[surrogate parent]].
# A third person who has provided [[DNA]] samples in an [[IVF]] procedure in order to [[alter]] [[faulty]] [[genetic]] [[material]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[relative]]. {{defdate|15th|18th c.}}
# The [[source]] or [[origin]] of something. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1785|author=w:Thomas Jefferson|title=Notes on the State of Virginia
|passage=Misery is often the '''parent''' of the most affecting touches in poetry.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1789|title=The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature|volume=68|page=341
|passage=Indolence and unalimentary food are the '''parents''' of this disease; but to neither are Indians accustomed.}}
# {{lb|en|biology}} An [[organism]] from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
# {{lb|en|attributive}} Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector. <ref name=COED2>{{R:COED2|page=1274}}</ref>
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1944|author={{w|Cecil Street|Miles Burton}}
|title=[https://openlibrary.org/works/OL10563347W The Three Corpse Trick]|section=chapter 5
|passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the '''parent''' ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
## A [[parent company]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=68|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21579860-g8-pledges-tackle-three-ts-t-time T time]
|passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them{{...}}is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.{{...}}current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate{{...}}“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the '''parent''' firm is domiciled.}}
# {{lb|en|computing}} The object from which a {{l|en|child|id=mathematics}} or [[derived]] object is descended; a [[node]] superior to another node. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
#: {{syn|en|mother}}
#: {{ant|en|child}}
# {{lb|en|physics}} The [[nuclide]] that [[decay]]s into a [[daughter]] nuclide.

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|parent-teacher organization|pre-parent
|buddy parent|plant parent
|parent company
|parent drug
|parentage|iPad parent
|parental
|parentdom
|parentese
|parenthood
|parentish
|parentism
|parentless
|parentlike|alloparent|bioparent|birthparent|foreparent|godparent|grandparent|heliparent|houseparent|interparent|merparent|midparent|misparented|multiparent|nonparent|omniparent|overparent|oversharent|parentcraft|parentectomy|parentelic|parenter|parenticide|parentification|parentland|parentlock|pawrent|pibling|reparent|sharent|stereoparent|underparent|unparent
|parently
|parentness
|parentship
|birth parent|co-parent|co-parent-in-law|cottage parent|Disney parent|foster parent|gold star parent|helicopter parent|noncustodial parent|parent bug|parent compound|parent language|parent nuclide|parent trigger|parent-in-law|parent-teacher association|parent-teacher-student association|pollen parent|single parent|single-parent family|snowplow parent|solo parent|step-parent|sugar parent|three-parent
}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|en|post-partum|antepartum|parous|-parous}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|person from whom one is descended}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|абхша}}
* Aghwan: {{t|xag|𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐔾}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|prind|m}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|وَالِد|m}} {{qualifier|father}}, {{t+|ar|وَالِدَة|f}} {{qualifier|mother}}, {{t+|ar|وَالِدَان|m-d}} {{qualifier|parents}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|اهل|tr=ahal}} {{qualifier|parents}}
* Aramaic:
*: Classical Syriac: {{t|syc|ܝܠܘܕܐ|m|tr=yālōḏā}}, {{t|syc|ܝܠܘܕܬܐ|f|tr=yālōḏtā}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծնող}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|pãrinti|m}}, {{t|rup|pãrinte|m}}, {{t|rup|printi|m}}, {{t|rup|printe|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|эбел}}, {{t|av|эмен}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ата-әсә}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|guraso}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ба́цька|m}}, {{t|be|радзі́цель|m}}, {{t|be|радзі́целька|f}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|পেরেন্ট}}, {{t+|bn|অভিভাবক}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|magurang}}
* Brunei Malay: {{t|kxd|indung}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|роди́тел|m}}, {{t|bg|роди́телка|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|မိဘ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|progenitor|m|f}}, {{t+|ca|genitor|m|f}}, {{t+|ca|pares|m-p}}
* Chechen: {{t-needed|ce}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|親|tr=can1}}, {{t|yue|父母|tr=fu6 mou5}} {{qualifier|parents}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|親|tr=qīn}}, {{t+|cmn|父母|tr=fùmǔ}} {{qualifier|parents}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rodič|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forælder|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ouder|m}}
* Ese: {{t|mcq|ohoma}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|gepatro}}, {{t+|eo|patro}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|vanem}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vanhempi}}
* French: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|fr|parent|m}}, {{t+|fr|géniteur|m}}, {{t+|fr|génitrice|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|genitôr|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|pai|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მშობელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Elternteil|m}}, {{qualifier|technical}} {{t+|de|Elter|m|n}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌾𐍉𐍃|m|p}}, {{t|got|𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽|n}} {{qualifier|plural in meaning}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γονέας|m}}, {{t+|el|γεννήτορας|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|γονεύς|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|angajoqqaaq}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|makua}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הוֹרֶה|m|tr=horé}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|माता-पिता}}, {{t|hi|माँ-बाप}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szülő}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|foreldri|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|genitoro}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|parente}}, {{t|ia|genitor}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tuismitheoir|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|genitore|m}}, {{t+|it|genitrice|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|親|tr=おや, oya}}, {{t+|ja|父母|tr=ふぼ, fubo}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|pengari}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ឪពុក}} {{qualifier|father}}, {{t+|km|ម្ដាយ}} {{qualifier|mother}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|mũciari|c1}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|부모(父母)}}, {{t+|ko|어버이}}, {{t+|ko|부모님}} {{qualifier|honorific}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|dêbav|p}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|jenitor|m|tr=יניטורזﬞ}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ພໍ່ແມ່}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|dzymdynuotuoji|p}}, {{t|ltg|tāvs|m}}, {{t|ltg|muote|f}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|parēns|m|f}}, {{t|la|genitor|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|vecāki|p}}, {{t+|lv|tēvs|m}}, {{t+|lv|māte|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{qualifier|father and mother}} {{t+|lt|tėvai|p}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|vanbizt|p}}
* Louisiana Creole French: {{t|lou|paren}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t+|nds-de|Öllern|p}} {{qualifier|plural only}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|omsasi}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Elteren|p}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|родител|m}}, {{t|mk|родителка|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|ibu bapa}}, {{t|ms|emak ayah}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠠᠮᠠ ᡝᠮᡝ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|matua}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Niuean: {{t|niu|motua}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|parent|m}} {{qualifier|Guernsey}}, {{t|nrf|pathent|m}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|váhnen}}, {{t|se|vánhen}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|forelder|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|forelder|m}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|родител҄ь|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ieldra|m}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|forellri|n}}
* Old Occitan: {{t|pro|parent}}
* Ossetian: {{t-needed|os}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|مَنْبَع}}, {{t|fa-ira|والِدِیْن}} {{qualifier|parents}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rodzic|m-pr}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pai|m}}, {{t+|pt|genitor|m}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|matu'a}}
* Rarotongan: {{t|rar|matua}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|părinte|m}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|genitur|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|роди́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|роди́тельница|f}}, {{t+|ru|пре́док|m}} {{qualifier|colloquial, humorous}}
* Samoan: {{t+|sm|matua}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|pàrant|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ро̀дитељ|m}}, {{t|sh|родитѐљица|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ròditelj|m}}, {{t+|sh|roditèljica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|ginituri|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|මව්පිය}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|rodič|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|starš|m}}, {{t|sl|roditelj|m}}
* Somali: {{t+|so|waalid}}
* South Marquesan: {{t|mqm|motua}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|padre|m}} {{qualifier|father}}, {{t+|es|madre|f}} {{qualifier|mother}}, {{t+|es|progenitor}}, {{t|es|xadre}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral, neologism}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mzazi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förälder|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|magulang}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|metua}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|aman}} {{t|tet|inan}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|พ่อแม่}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཕ་མ|p}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|papamama}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|motuʻa}}, {{t|to|mātuʻa}}
* Tswana: {{t|tn|motsadi}} (1/2)
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ebeveyn}}, {{t|tr|anne-baba}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|ада-ие}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|роди́тель|m}}, {{t+|uk|ба́тько|m}} {{qualifier|"father", in plural - also "parents"}}, {{t+|uk|батьки́|m-p}} {{qualifier|parents}}, {{t|uk|роди́телька|f}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|والِدَین|p}} {{qualifier|parents}}, {{t+|ur|والِد|m}} {{qualifier|father}}, {{t+|ur|والِدَہ|f}} {{qualifier|mother}}, {{t|ur|ماں باپ|p}} {{qualifier|parents}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|phụ huynh}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|vo|pal}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t+|vo|hipal}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t+|vo|jipal}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|kag-anak}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|rhiant|m}}, {{t+|cy|rhieni|m-p}}
* Winnebago: {{t|win|xʼooke}}
* Zande: {{t|zne|gume}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-also|person who acts as a parent in rearing a child|guardian}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծնող}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|насто́йник|m}}, {{t|bg|опеку́н|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|監護人|tr=jiānhùrén}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|poručník|m}}, {{t|cs|poručníce|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ouder|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vanhempi}}, {{t|fi|ottovanhempi}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მშობელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Elternteil|n}}, {{t+|de|Eltern|p}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γονέας|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अभिभावक}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tuismitheoir|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|保護者|tr=ほごしゃ, hogosha}}, {{t+|ja|養父母|tr=ようふぼ, yōfubo}} {{qualifier|foster father and mother}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|pengari}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|보호자(保護者)}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|globėjas|m}}, {{t|lt|rūpintojas|m}}, {{t|lt|patėvis|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ieldra|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|opiekun|m}}, {{t+|pl|opiekunka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pai|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|опеку́н|m}}, {{t+|ru|попечи́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|попечи́тельница|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|pàrant|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förälder|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|magulang}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|papamama}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ebeveyn}}, {{t+|tr|veli}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|vo|daoptan}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hidaoptan}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|vo|jidaoptan}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|vo|kälan}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hikälan}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t+|vo|jikälan}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծնող}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rodič|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ouder|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vanhempi}}
* German: {{t|de|Elternpflanze|f}} {{qualifier|plant}}, {{t|de|männliche Elternpflanze}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t|de|weibliche Elternpflanze|f}} {{qualifier|female}}, {{t|de|Vaterpflanze|f}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t|de|Mutterpfanze|f}} {{qualifier|female}}, {{t|de|Elterntier|n}} {{qualifier|animal}}, {{t|de|männliches Elterntier|n}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t|de|weibliches Elterntier|n}} {{qualifier|female}}, {{t+|de|Vater|m}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t|de|Vatertier|n}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t+|de|Mutter|f}} {{qualifier|female}}, {{t+|de|Muttertier|n}} {{qualifier|female}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|親|tr=おや, oya}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|bavan}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|roślina mateczna|f}} {{qualifier|plant}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|роди́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|роди́тельница|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mzazi}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ebeveyn}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|source or origin of something}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|աղբյուր}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изто́чник|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pare|m}}, {{t+|ca|mare|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zdroj|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|ophav}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bron|c}}, {{t+|nl|ouder|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|syntyperä}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|親|tr=おや, oya}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pai|m}}, {{t+|pt|mãe|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|исто́чник|m}}, {{t+|ru|причи́на|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mzazi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|parent company}}

{{trans-top|computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ouder|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|親|tr=おや, oya}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|ава}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mẹ}} {{qualifier|only attributively}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+check|af|ouer}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|tud|p}}, {{qualifier|only plural, otherwise use [[father]] or [[mother]]}} {{t+check|br|kerent|p}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|patro}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|parent|m}}
* German: {{t+check|de|Elternteil|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|הורה|m|tr=hore}}, {{t+check|he|הורה|f|tr=hora}}, ''plural:'' [[הורים]] (horim) {{g|m}} or {{g|m|f}}, {{t+check|he|הורות|f|tr=horot}}
* Icelandic: {{t+check|is|foreldrar|p}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|genitoro}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|orangtua}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|parente}}, {{t-check|ia|genitor}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|genitore}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|어버이}}, {{t+check|ko|부모}}
* Latin: {{t+check|la|parēns|m|f}} <!-- was "[[parens|parēns]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|părinte|m}}
* Slovene: {{qualifier|there are only 'parents' in Slovene, there is no singular form to it; if used in singular, we say 'father' [[oče]] or 'mother' [[mati]], or very formally [[roditelj]]}} {{t+check|sl|starši|m-p}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|padre|m}}, {{t+check|es|madre|f}}, {{t+check|es|origen|m}}, {{t+check|es|progenitor}}
* Swedish: {{qualifier|1,2,3,4}} {{t+check|sv|förälder}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|ebeveyn}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To act as parent, to [[raise]] or [[rear]].
#: {{syn|en|raise|rear}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2006
|author=Natalie Bandlow
|title=Parent to Child the Guide: How to Create a Comprehensive And Meaningful Journal to Prepare Your Child for Life
|publisher=iUniverse
|isbn=9780595385874
|page=1
|passage=However, even with money and caregivers, the child is left without a parent and most likely without a plan for their emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. A time will come when you will no longer be able to '''parent''' your child, period.}}
# {{lb|en|programming}}  To provide a parent [[object]] for one or more other objects, which become the {{l|en|child|id=mathematics|3=children}}.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|parenting}}
* {{l|en|parentize}}
* {{l|en|parentify}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to act as parent}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отглеждам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kasvattaa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|foster}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aenprt|-pteran|Panter|Parten|arpent|enrapt|entrap|panter|trepan}}

{{C|en|Family members|Parents|People}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|parens|parentem}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|é}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m|f=#a}}

# [[relative]] {{gloss|someone in the same family}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|emparentar}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|parentiu}}

===References===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

{{C|ca|Family}}

==French==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|fr|frm|parent}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|parent}}, from {{inh|fr|la|parēns|parentem}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA}}
** {{audio|fr|Fr-parent.ogg}}
** {{audio|fr|FQ-parent.ogg|IPA=[paˈʁã]|a=Quebec}}

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m|f=+}}

# [[relative]], [[relation]], family member
#: {{ux|fr|Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos '''parents''' et de nos amis.|We must always stand by our '''family''' and our friends.}}
#* {{RQ:Hugo Misérables|volume=1|book=1|chapter=4|passage=Une de ses '''parentes''' éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils.|t=One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons.}}
# {{lb|fr|North America|in the singular}} {{l|en|parent}}
# {{lb|fr|in the plural}} [[ancestor]]s
# {{lb|fr|especially|in the plural}} [[parents]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|fr
|arrière-arrière-grand-parent
|arrière-grand-parent
|être parent avec quelqu'un
|grand-parent
|ils sont proches parents
|parent éloigné
|parent par alliance
|parent pauvre
|parent proche
|parental
|parentalité
|parents adoptifs
|parents d'élèves
|sans parents
|son plus proche parent
|traiter quelqu'un en parent pauvre}}

====Adjective====
{{fr-adj}}

# [[related]]
# [[similar]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|fr
|familles parentes
|intelligences parentes
|langues parentes
|parent à
|parent avec
|parent de}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA|pos=v}}
* {{homophones|fr|pare|pares}}

====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|parer||3|p|pres|ind//sub}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fr|arpent|râpent}}

{{C|fr|Family|Family members}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|la|parō||3|p|pres|actv|subj}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=pārent}}

# {{inflection of|la|pāreō||3|p|pres|actv|ind}}

==Middle French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|frm|fro|parent}}.

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|m|parens}}

# {{l|en|parent}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|parent}}

==Norman==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|nrf|pathent||Jersey}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nrf|fro|parent}}, from {{inh|nrf|la|parēns}}, {{m|la|parentem}}, from {{m|la|pariō}}, {{m|la|parere|t=bring forth, give birth to, produce}}.

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m}}

# {{lb|nrf|Guernsey}} {{l|en|parent}}
#: {{hypo|nrf|mère|père}}

{{topics|nrf|Family}}

==Old French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|parens|parēns, parentem}}.

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|parent}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|fro
|parenté
|parentage}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|parent|bor=1}}
** {{desc|en|parent}}
* {{desc|frm|parent}}
** {{desc|fr|parent}}
* {{desc|nrf|parent}} {{q|Guernsey}}, {{l|nrf|pathent}} {{q|Jersey}}