Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of parent
"My parents are coming over for dinner tonight."
In plain English: Parents are the people who raise and take care of you when you are young.
"My parents are coming to visit us this weekend."
Usage: Parents refers to a man and woman or two people who are both responsible for raising a child together. Use it when talking about the collective group of caregivers rather than referring to just one mother or father individually.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parent
"She parents her three children while they are in school during the day."
In plain English: To parent means to raise and take care of your children.
"Many children in remote villages are still being raised by their grandparents because their parents work far away."
Usage: Do not use "parents" as a verb in everyday speech; instead, use "raise," "bring up," or "nurse." The word functions strictly as a noun referring to fathers and mothers.
Derived from Old French parens, which comes from Latin parēns (genitive parentis), the term originally meant one who rules or governs, reflecting the authority of guardians over children. This root is related to pars, meaning share or portion, suggesting a connection to inheritance and lineage.