different between parrot vs reproduce

English

Etymology

First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?r??t, IPA^(key): /?pæ??t/, /?p???t/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?r??t, IPA^(key): /?pæ??t/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -æ??t
• Hyphenation: par?rot

Noun

parrot (plural parrots)

1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

   Synonyms: (bird of the order Psittaciformes) psittacine, popinjay
2. (figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

   Synonyms: copycat, mimic

   • 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,

     In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.

3. (archaic) A puffin.

   Synonyms: sea-parrot, tomnoddy

4. (geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
5. (aviation, slang) A transponder.

Hyponyms

• (kind of bird): budgerigar, kakapo, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Polly
• popinjay
• Dead Parrot
• who's a pretty boy then

Verb

parrot (third-person singular simple present parrots, present participle parroting, simple past and past participle parroted or parrotted)

1. (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
   • 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)

     So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:parrot.

Synonyms

• (to repeat exactly): ape, copycat

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• raptor

English

Etymology

re- +? produce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i.p?o??djus/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??i.p?o??dus/

Verb

reproduce (third-person singular simple present reproduces, present participle reproducing, simple past and past participle reproduced)

1. (transitive) To produce an image or copy of.
2. (intransitive, biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
3. (transitive) To produce again; to recreate.
4. (transitive) To bring something to mind; to recall.

Synonyms

• (printing): manifold

Derived terms

• reproducible
• reproducibility

Related terms

• reproduction

Translations

See also

• (generate offspring): procreate, proliferate, spawn

Anagrams

• procedure

Romanian

Etymology

re- +? produce

Verb

a reproduce (third-person singular present reproduc, past participle reprodus) 3rd conj.

1. to reproduce

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

reproduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of reproducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of reproducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of reproducir.