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parentes

Pronunciation: [pʰɑɑnˈtˢeˀs]

“parentes” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. parenthesis, bracket (symbols surrounding words that are a less important or interrupting addition to a text)
  2. parenthesis (a string of words surrounding by such symbols)
  3. bracket (symbols used to indicate the order of operations)

Etymology

Via German Parenthese and Latin parenthesis from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion, parenthesis”), from the verb παρεντίθημι (parentíthēmi, “to insert”), from παρά (pará, “by”) + έν (én, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”).

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