parentes

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See also: Parentes, parentés, and parentes'

Catalan

Noun

parentes

  1. plural of parenta

Danish

Etymology

Via German Parenthese and Latin parenthesis from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion, parenthesis”), from the verb παρεντίθημι (parentíthēmi, “to insert”), from παρά (pará, “by”) +‎ έν (én, “in”) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”).

Pronunciation

Noun

parentes c (singular definite parentesen, plural indefinite parenteser)

  1. parenthesis, bracket (symbols surrounding words that are a less important or interrupting addition to a text)
  2. parenthesis (a string of words surrounding by such symbols)
  3. (mathematics) bracket (symbols used to indicate the order of operations)

Declension

Declension of parentes
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative parentes parentesen parenteser parenteserne
genitive parentes' parentesens parentesers parentesernes

Derived terms

French

Adjective

parentes

  1. feminine plural of parent

Noun

parentes f pl

  1. plural of parente

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

parentes m pl or f pl

  1. plural of parente

Noun

parentes m pl or f pl

  1. plural of parente

Latin

Noun

parentēs m or f

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of parēns (“parent”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Noun

parentes m (definite singular parentesen, indefinite plural parenteser, definite plural parentesene)

  1. parentheses pl (pair of brackets)
    i parentes ― in parentheses

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Noun

parentes m (definite singular parentesen, indefinite plural parentesar, definite plural parentesane)

  1. parentheses pl (pair of brackets)
    i parentes ― in parentheses

References

Portuguese

Noun

parentes

  1. plural of parente

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paraŋˈteːs/, /paranˈteːs/, /parɛnˈteːs/

Noun

parentes c

  1. bracket (generically any of "(", ")", "", "{", "}", "<" and ">")

Declension

Declension of parentes 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative parentes parentesen parenteser parenteserna
Genitive parentes parentesens parentesers parentesernas
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