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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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hosta
English
Etymology
Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?st?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ho? st?/, /?h?s t?/
- Rhymes: -?st?
Noun
hosta (plural hostas)
- Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
- Synonyms: giboshi, plantain lily
Further reading
- hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- Athos, HATOs, HOTAS, Shota, has to, hoast, oaths, shoat, shota
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??osta]
Noun
hosta m anim
- genitive/accusative singular of host
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- hostet
Verb
hosta
- inflection of hoste:
- simple past
- past participle
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hw?st?n?.
Verb
h?sta
- to cough
Conjugation
Descendants
- Swedish: hosta
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- husta
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xv?st?. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.
Noun
hosta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- (Kajkavian) forest
Synonyms
- šuma (standard)
- gvozd (archaic)
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xv?st?. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xó?sta/
Noun
h??sta f
- scrub
- forest
Inflection
Further reading
- “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish h?sta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hw?stô.
Noun
hosta c
- a cough (condition/disease)
Usage notes
- The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall).
Declension
Related terms
- hostning
- hostanfall
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish h?sta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hw?st?n?.
Verb
hosta (present hostar, preterite hostade, supine hostat, imperative hosta)
- to cough
Conjugation
Anagrams
- hotas
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
hosta
- to rub
- to massage
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????????????, ????????, ??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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