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  • 31parent — ● n. m. Dans une hiérarchie, élément d un niveau directement supérieur à un autre. Le Processus parent d un processus A est celui qui a lancé l exécution de A. Le Message parent d un message est celui auquel ce message répond …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 32parent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. begetter, procreator, progenitor; forebear, ancestor, father, mother; foster parent; fount, source. See ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. father, mother, foster parent, foster father, foster mother,… …

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  • 33parent — [15] Latin parere meant ‘bring forth, give birth’. Its present participle was used to form a noun, parēns, which denoted literally ‘one who gives life to another’, hence a ‘mother’ or ‘father’. Its stem form parent passed into English via Old… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34parent — noun 1》 a father or mother.     ↘an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived. 2》 an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries. 3》 archaic a forefather or ancestor. verb [often as noun parenting] be or act… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35parent — par•ent [[t]ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær [/t]] n. 1) a father or a mother 2) a source, origin, or cause 3) dvl bio any organism that produces another 4) a precursor; progenitor 5) cvb being the original source 6) biochem. bio pertaining to an organism, cell,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36parent — [15] Latin parere meant ‘bring forth, give birth’. Its present participle was used to form a noun, parēns, which denoted literally ‘one who gives life to another’, hence a ‘mother’ or ‘father’. Its stem form parent passed into English via Old… …

    Word origins

  • 37parent — 1. An individual who has produced at least one offspring through sexual reproduction. 2. Any source or basis, as for the elaboration of a substance. [L. parens, fr. pario, to bring forth] * * * parenteral * * * par·ent par ənt, per n 1) one that… …

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  • 38parent — par|ent [ perənt ] noun count *** 1. ) a mother or father: Has Joe met your parents yet? 2. ) an animal or plant that produces a new animal or plant 3. ) BUSINESS a PARENT COMPANY …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 39parent — par·ent || perÉ™nt / peÉ™r v. act as a parent; raise children; originate n. father or mother; progenitor; forefather; animal or plant that produces or generates another; cause, origin, source; guardian; protector …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40Parent — Sp Parãnas Ap Parent L ež., g tė Kanadoje (Kvebekas) …

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