different between parasite vs tramp

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)

1. (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

2. (derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on.
3. (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.

4. (literary, poetic) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. [from 19th c.]
5. (historical) A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.
6. (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)

1. parasite

Adjective

parasite (plural parasites)

1. parasitic

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: parazit
• ? Turkish: parazit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

parasite

1. inflection of parasiter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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

1. vocative singular of paras?tus

Portuguese

Verb

parasite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of parasitar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of parasitar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of parasitar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of parasitar

Spanish

Verb

parasite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of parasitar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parasitar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample), or Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *dr-, *drem-, *dreh?-. Doublet of tremp.

The noun sense “vagabond” evolved from the sense “one who tramps”, from 1664. The sense "ship" is from about 1880, sense "promiscuous woman" is from 1922.

Cognate to Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?mp, IPA^(key): /t?æmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

tramp (plural tramps)

2. (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.

   • [S]he had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

   Synonyms: bum, hobo, vagabond

   See also Thesaurus:vagabond

3. (derogatory) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

   See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

4. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
   • 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson; Volume 2, chapter 9:

     I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp-ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things, and really be a little at sea.

   • 1919, Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, chapter 10:

     Then I think I conceive of other worlds and vast structures that pass us by, within a few miles, without the slightest desire to communicate, quite as tramp vessels pass many islands without particularizing one from another.

   • 1924, George Sutherland, Texas Transport Terminal Company v. New Orleans: Dissent Brandeis:

     Some of these are regular ocean liners; others are casual tramp ships.

   • 1960, Lobsang Rampa, The Rampa Story, chapter Six:

     “Hrrumph,” said the Mate. “Get into uniform right away, we must have discipline here.” With that he stalked off as if he were First Mate on one of the Queens instead of just on a dirty, rusty old tramp ship.

   see Wikipedia:tramp steamer

5. (Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
   • 1968, John W. Allen, It Happened in Southern Illinois, page 75:

     The starting place for the tramp is reached over a gravel road that begins on Route 3 about a mile south of Gorham spur.

   • 2005, Paul Smitz, Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring, Lonely Planet, page 734:

     Speaking of knockout panoramas, if you?re fit then consider doing the taxing, winding, 8km tramp up Mt Roy (1578m; five to six hours return), start 6km from Wanaka on Mt Aspiring Rd.

   • 2006, Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Frommer?s Australia from $60 a Day, page 186:

     The 1½-hour tramp passes through banksia, gum, and wattle forests, with spectacular views of peaks and valleys.

   Synonyms: bushwalk, hike, ramble, trek

6. Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.
7. (in apposition) Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted

   • "Your last delivery of copper ore contained half a hundredweight of tramp metal."

8. A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tramp (third-person singular simple present tramps, present participle tramping, simple past and past participle tramped)

1. To walk with heavy footsteps.
2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

   We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.

3. To hitchhike.
4. (transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
5. (transitive) To travel or wander through.

   to tramp the country

6. (transitive, Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• trample
• tromp

Translations

References

• tramp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tramp

1. imperative of trampe

Polish

Etymology

From English tramp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tramp/

Noun

tramp m pers

1. tramp

   Synonyms: w?drowiec, w?óczykij, obie?y?wiat

Declension

Noun

tramp m inan

1. (nautical) tramp steamer

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjectives) trampowy, trampowski

Related terms

• (noun) tramping
• (adjective) trampingowy

Further reading

• tramp in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tramp in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German trampen, from Old Saxon *trampan, from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”).

Noun

tramp c or n

1. a step, a footprint n
2. (uncountable) the sound of feet (boots, shoes, hooves) walking n

   först då blir lyckan riktigt stor, när trampet hörs av små, små skor

   at last your luck will be complete, when you hear the tripping of tiny shoes (traditional wedding congratulation telegram)

3. a tramp, a cargo ship without fixed routes c

Declension

Related terms

• (steps, walking): stöveltramp, trampa
• (ship): trampfartyg