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parasite
English
Etymology
From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from ???? (pará, “beside”) + ????? (sîtos, “food”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæ???sa?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pæ???sa?t/, /?p????sa?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Hyphenation: par?a?site
Noun
parasite (plural parasites)
- (derogatory) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger
- (derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on.
- (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.
- Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites.
- (literary, poetic) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. [from 19th c.]
- (historical) A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.
- (aviation) A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier.
Antonyms
- commensal (doing no noticeable harm)
- mutualist or sometimes symbiote (beneficial)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- symbiont
- obligate
- facultative
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “parasite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- aspirate, pastiera, septaria
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.?a.zit/
- Homophones: parasitent, parasites
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin paras?tus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (parásitos).
Noun
parasite m (plural parasites)
- parasite
Adjective
parasite (plural parasites)
- parasitic
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Romanian: parazit
- ? Turkish: parazit
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
parasite
- inflection of parasiter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “parasite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
paras?te
- vocative singular of paras?tus
Portuguese
Verb
parasite
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of parasitar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of parasitar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of parasitar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of parasitar
Spanish
Verb
parasite
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parasitar.
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anopheles
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (an?phel?s, “useless”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n?f?li?z/
Noun
anopheles (plural anopheles)
- (entomology) Loose terminology for species in the Anopheles genus of mosquitoes, some of which may transmit various parasites, Plasmodium, that are the cause of malaria. More strictly speaking, as Anopheles is a proper name it should be capitalised.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1125:
- ‘I brought it back from the desert – they have been planting rice like fools, and now you get anopheles right up to the gates of Alexandria!’
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1125:
Related terms
- Anopheles
- anopheline
Translations
Anagrams
- phenolase, salophene
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- what does anopheles mean
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