parentes

See also: Parentes, parentés, and parentes'

Catalan

Noun

parentes

1. plural of parenta

Danish

Etymology

Via German Parenthese and Latin parenthesis from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion, parenthesis”), from the verb παρεντίθημι (parentíthēmi, “to insert”), from παρά (pará, “by”) +‎ έν (én, “in”) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɑɑnˈtˢeˀs]

Noun

parentes c (singular definite parentesen, plural indefinite parenteser)

1. parenthesis, bracket (symbols surrounding words that are a less important or interrupting addition to a text)
2. parenthesis (a string of words surrounding by such symbols)
3. (mathematics) bracket (symbols used to indicate the order of operations)

Declension

Declension of parentes

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	parentes	parentesen	parenteser	parenteserne
genitive	parentes'	parentesens	parentesers	parentesernes

Derived terms

• firkantet parentes
• kantet parentes
• krøllet parentes

French

Adjective

parentes

1. feminine plural of parent

Noun

parentes f pl

1. plural of parente

Further reading

• “parentes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Adjective

parentes m pl or f pl

1. plural of parente

Noun

parentes m pl or f pl

1. plural of parente

Latin

Noun

parentēs m or f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of parēns (“parent”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Noun

parentes m (definite singular parentesen, indefinite plural parenteser, definite plural parentesene)

1. parentheses pl (pair of brackets)

   i parentes ― in parentheses

References

• “parentes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Noun

parentes m (definite singular parentesen, indefinite plural parentesar, definite plural parentesane)

1. parentheses pl (pair of brackets)

   i parentes ― in parentheses

References

• “parentes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

parentes

1. plural of parente

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paraŋˈteːs/, /paranˈteːs/, /parɛnˈteːs/

Noun

parentes c

1. bracket (generically any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">")

Declension

Declension of parentes

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	parentes	parentes
	definite	parentesen	parentesens
plural	indefinite	parenteser	parentesers
	definite	parenteserna	parentesernas

Derived terms

• bågparentes
• hakparentes
• högerparentes
• klammerparentes
• parentestecken
• piggparentes
• rundparentes
• spetsparentes
• vinkelparentes
• vänsterparentes

 

Further reading

• parentes in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• parentes in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)