parente

See also: Parente and parenté

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

parente

1. feminine singular of parent

Noun

parente f (plural parentes)

1. female equivalent of parent

Further reading

• “parente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parente, from Latin parentem, accusative singular of parēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾente/ [paˈɾen̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧te

Adjective

parente m or f (plural parentes)

1. related

Noun

parente m or f by sense (plural parentes)

1. a relative

Usage notes

• Parente is a false friend and does not mean parent. The Galician word for parent is pai or nai.

Synonyms

• familiar
• achegado

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “parente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Etymology 1

From parer.

Participle

parente

1. present participle of parer

Etymology 2

From Latin parens, parentem.

Noun

parente (plural parentes)

1. relative
2. (especially in the plural) parents

   Synonym: genitor

Italian

Etymology

From Latin parentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pa‧rèn‧te

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Noun

parente m or f by sense (plural parenti)

1. relative, relation

   Synonym: congiunto

   parente prossimo ― close relative

2. sibling

Derived terms

• parente acquisito
• parente prossimo
• parente stretto

Related terms

• parentado
• parentela

See also

• genitore / genitrice

Anagrams

• aprente, pantere, paterne, penetra, perenta, prenate, rapente

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈrɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈrɛn.te]

Noun

parente

1. ablative singular of parēns

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paːˈrɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈrɛn.te]

Participle

pārente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of pārēns

Adjective

pārente

1. ablative masculine/feminine singular of pārēns

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• parẽte

Etymology

Inherited from Latin parēns, from pariō, from Proto-Italic *parjō, from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-.

Noun

parente m (plural parentes, feminine parenta, feminine plural parentas)

1. relative (someone in the same family)
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 250:

     Desý ouueron moy bon uẽto, cõ que entrarõ a alto mar, Et espedírõsse de todos seus amjgos et de todos seus parẽtes.

     Thenceforth they had very good wind, with which they entered the high sea, and they said goodbye to all of their friends and relatives

   • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 17:

     por min ou por los ditos meus yrmãaos por quanto eles et eu eramos et somos os parentes mas propincos que o dito Juan da Pedreira avia.

     for me or for said brothers of mine, because they and I were and are the closest relatives that said Xoán da Pedreira had

2. (chiefly in the plural) ancestor

Descendants

• Fala: parente
• Galician: parente
• Portuguese: parente (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “parente”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “parente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “parente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese parente, from Latin parentem (“relative”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to provide”). By surface analysis, parir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾẽ.tɨ/

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈɾẽ.ti/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧te

Noun

parente m or f by sense or m (plural parentes, feminine parenta, feminine plural parentas)

1. relative (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption)

   Synonym: familiar

   • 1881, Machado de Assis, “Obito do autor [Author's passing]” (chapter I), in Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas [The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas], Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Nacional, page 10:

     Viram-me ir umas nove ou dez pessoas, entre ellas tres senhoras, — minha irmã Sabina, casada com o Cotrim, — a filha, um lyrio do valle, — e... Tenham paciencia! daqui a pouco lhes direi quem era a terceira senhora. Contentem-se de saber que essa anonyma, ainda que não parenta, padeceu mais do que as parentas.

     About nine or ten people saw me depart, among them were three women: my sister Sabina, married to Cotrim, her daughter, a lily of the valley, and... Be patient! Soon I'll tell you who was the third woman. Be contented knowing that this annonymous [woman], despite not [being] a relative, suffered more than the relatives.

   • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena [The aunt that fell in Seine]”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 61:

     A conversa era sobre parentes, os parentes estranhos, interessantes ou, por qualquer razão, notáveis de cada um. Alguém já tinha contado que um parente comia favo de mel com abelha dentro.

     The conversation was about relatives, the weird, interesting or, for any reason, notable relatives of each one. Someone had already told that a relative eat honeycombs with the bees inside.

   • 2012, Manoel Indalercio Silva, Superpopulação, um Super Problema [Overpopulation, an Overproblem], São Paulo: Editora Baraúna, →ISBN, page 395:

     Essa história de “amigos certos para as horas incertas”, além de pai, mãe, filhos e irmãos, é muito difícil de acontecer. Até mesmo os parentes mais próximos não ajudam os necessitados muitas vezes.

     Such a thing as “right friends for uncertain times”, aside from [one's] father, mother, children and siblings, is very unlikely to happen. Even the closest relatives don't help the ones in need most of the times.

Usage notes

Parente is a false friend and does not mean parent in the sense of person who raises a child. Portuguese equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry parent.

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Parent

Adjective

parente m or f (plural parentes, not comparable)

1. related (in the same family)
2. related (standing in relation)

   O português é um idioma parente do espanhol.

   Portuguese is a language related to Spanish.

Related terms

• aparentar
• parentada
• parentagem
• parental
• parentalha
• parentear
• parenteira
• parenteiro
• parentela
• parentesco

Further reading

• “parente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “parente”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “parente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “parente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “parente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN