paràsit
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos). First attested in 1839.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]paràsit (feminine paràsita, masculine plural paràsits, feminine plural paràsites)
- parasitic (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Noun
[edit]paràsit m (plural paràsits)
- parasite (an organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species)
- parasite (a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back)
- Synonym: aprofitat
- (telecommunications) interference
- Synonym: interferència
- skua
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “paràsit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
[edit]- “paràsit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “paràsit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “paràsit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
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