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Elternteil — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

Elternteil is used for these senses in English:

  • parent (often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
  • 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.

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