parasitic

English

Alternative forms

• parasitical

Etymology

parasite +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, [ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, [ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk]

Adjective

parasitic (comparative more parasitic, superlative most parasitic)

1. Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
2. Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
3. Exploiting another for personal gain.
4. (law) Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.

Derived terms

• biparasitic
• brood-parasitic
• epiparasitic
• hemiparasitic
• holoparasitic
• monoparasitic
• multiparasitic
• mycoparasitic
• nonparasitic
• parasitical
• parasitically
• parasiticalness
• parasitic drag
• parasitic element
• parasitic gap
• polyparasitic
• unparasitic
• zoöparasitic

 

Translations

pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite

• Afrikaans: parasities
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: մակաբույծ (hy) (makabuyc)
• Bulgarian: паразитен (paraziten)
• Catalan: parasitari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: parasitair (nl), parasitisch (nl)
• Esperanto: parazita
• Finnish: lois- (fi)
• German: parasitär (de)
• Greek: παρασιτικός (el) (parasitikós)
• Hindi: परजीवी (parjīvī)
• Ido: parazita (io), parazitala (io), parazitatra (io)
• Kazakh: паразиттік (parazittık)
• Maori: parakūkā, pirinoa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parasittær, parasittisk

  Nynorsk: parasittær, parasittisk

• Occitan: parasitari
• Polish: pasożytniczy (pl)
• Portuguese: parasita (pt)
• Romanian: parazitar (ro)
• Russian: паразити́ческий (ru) (parazitíčeskij)
• Spanish: parasítico (es), parasitario (es)
• Swedish: parasitisk (sv) c, parasitär c
• Tagalog: sasandigin
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

drawing upon another organism for sustenance

• Afrikaans: parasities
• Armenian: մակաբույծ (hy) (makabuyc)
• Catalan: paràsit (ca)
• Czech: parazitní, cizopasný
• Dutch: parasitair (nl), parasitisch (nl)
• Finnish: lois- (fi)
• German: parasitär (de)
• Hindi: परजीवी (parjīvī)
• Maori: pirinoa
• Occitan: parasit (oc)
• Romanian: parazitar (ro)
• Spanish: parasitario (es), parásito (es)

exploiting another for personal gain

• Dutch: parasitair (nl), parasitisch (nl)
• German: parasitär (de)
• Greek: παρασιτικός (el) (parasitikós)

Noun

parasitic (plural parasitics)

1. (electronics) A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.