paren

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See also: pařen, pàrén, парен, парень, and Парень

English

Etymology

Clipping of parenthesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

paren (plural parens)

  1. (informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

paren

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of parar

Catalan

Verb

paren

  1. third-person plural present indicative of parar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧ren
  • Rhymes: -aːrən

Etymology 1

From paar. Attested since the 16th century.

Verb

paren

  1. (transitive) to pair
  2. (intransitive) to mate, to copulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of paren (weak)
infinitive paren
past singular paarde
past participle gepaard
infinitive paren
gerund paren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular paar paarde
2nd person sing. (jij) paart, paar2 paarde
2nd person sing. (u) paart paarde
2nd person sing. (gij) paart paarde
3rd person singular paart paarde
plural paren paarden
subjunctive sing.1 pare paarde
subjunctive plur.1 paren paarden
imperative sing. paar
imperative plur.1 paart
participles parend gepaard
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: paar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

paren

  1. plural of paar

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

paren

  1. third-person plural present indicative of parir
  2. inflection of parar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from French parent (“parent, relative”).

Noun

paren

  1. (a) parent
    Antonym: piti
    Hyponyms: mè, pè
  2. (a) relative
  3. kinfolk

Etymology 2

Adjective

paren

  1. Alternative form of parenté (“related”)

Spanish

Verb

paren

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
  2. third-person plural present indicative of parir

Swedish

Noun

paren

  1. definite plural of par

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