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parent

 
 
/ˈpeərənt/ noun [C]

Translation

your mother or father
anne baba, ebeveynler
Her parents live in Oxford.626
parental
 
/pəˈrentəl/ adjective
relating to a parent
anne babaya ilişkin
parental responsibility337
(Definition of parent noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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