paren

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of parenthesis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəˈɹɛn/

Noun

paren (plural parens)

  1. (informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

paren

  1. third-person plural present indicative and subjunctive of parar

Catalan

Verb

paren

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of parar

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaː.rə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ren
  • Rhymes: -aːrən

Etymology 1

From paar. Attested since the 16th century.

Verb

paren

  1. (transitive) to pair
  2. (intransitive) to mate, to copulate [+ met (with)]
Inflection
Inflection of paren (weak)
infinitive paren
past singular paarde
past participle gepaard
infinitive paren
gerund paren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular paarpaarde
2nd person sing. (jij) paartpaarde
2nd person sing. (u) paartpaarde
2nd person sing. (gij) paartpaarde
3rd person singular paartpaarde
plural parenpaarden
subjunctive sing.1 parepaarde
subjunctive plur.1 parenpaarden
imperative sing. paar
imperative plur.1 paart
participles parendgepaard
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

paren

  1. Plural form of paar

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

paren

  1. third-person plural present indicative of parir

Spanish

Verb

paren

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of parar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of parar.
  3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of parar.
  4. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of parir.

Swedish

Noun

paren

  1. definite plural of par
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