Elter — meaning in English

English meaning

• parent noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.

Senses

Elter is used for these senses in English:

• parent (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]
• parent (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]

parent — full definition

1. noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.
2. noun The source or origin from which something else derives.
3. verb To raise and care for a child.

Related German words