paràsit
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos). First attested in 1839.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pəˈɾa.zit]
- IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈɾa.zit]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -it
Adjective
[edit]paràsit (feminine paràsita, masculine plural paràsits, feminine plural paràsites)
- parasitic (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Noun
[edit]paràsit m (plural paràsits)
- parasite (an organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species)
- parasite (a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back)
- Synonym: aprofitat
- (telecommunications) interference
- Synonym: interferència
- skua
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “paràsit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Further reading
[edit]- “paràsit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “paràsit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “paràsit”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
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