parasit
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Friulian[edit]
Noun[edit]
parasit m (plural parasits)
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch parasiet, from Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, literally “person who eats at the table of another”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
parasit (first-person possessive parasitku, second-person possessive parasitmu, third-person possessive parasitnya)
- parasite,
- (figurative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
- (biology) an organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
- showy mistletoes (Loranthaceae), a parasitic plant.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- parasitologi (“parasitology”)
Further reading[edit]
- “parasit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective[edit]
parasit m (feminine singular parasita, masculine plural parasits, feminine plural parasitas)
- parasitic (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
parasit c
- parasite (a (generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing the resources needed by another (generally desirable) living organism)
- (figuratively) a parasite (person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back)
Declension[edit]
Declension of parasit | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | parasit | parasiten | parasiter | parasiterna |
Genitive | parasits | parasitens | parasiters | parasiternas |
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