parasitic

English

Alternative forms

parasitical

Etymology

parasite +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, [ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk]
- Audio (US) (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, [ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk]

Adjective

parasitic (comparative more parasitic, superlative most parasitic)

Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
Exploiting another for personal gain.
(law) Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.

Derived terms

Translations

pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite

Afrikaans: parasities
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: մակաբույծ (hy) (makabuyc)
Bulgarian: паразитен (paraziten)
Catalan: parasitari
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: parasitair (nl), parasitisch (nl)
Esperanto: parazita
Finnish: lois- (fi)
German: parasitär (de)
Greek: παρασιτικός (el) (parasitikós)
Hindi: परजीवी (parjīvī)
Ido: parazita (io), parazitala (io), parazitatra (io)
Kazakh: паразиттік (parazittık)
Maori: parakūkā, pirinoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: parasittær, parasittisk

Nynorsk: parasittær, parasittisk
Occitan: parasitari
Polish: pasożytniczy (pl)
Portuguese: parasita (pt)
Romanian: parazitar (ro)
Russian: паразити́ческий (ru) (parazitíčeskij)
Spanish: parasítico (es), parasitario (es)
Swedish: parasitisk (sv) c, parasitär c
Tagalog: sasandigin
Thai: please add this translation if you can

drawing upon another organism for sustenance

Afrikaans: parasities
Armenian: մակաբույծ (hy) (makabuyc)
Catalan: paràsit (ca)
Czech: parazitní, cizopasný
Dutch: parasitair (nl), parasitisch (nl)
Finnish: lois- (fi)
German: parasitär (de)
Hindi: परजीवी (parjīvī)
Maori: pirinoa
Occitan: parasit (oc)
Romanian: parazitar (ro)
Spanish: parasitario (es), parásito (es)

exploiting another for personal gain

Dutch: parasitair (nl), parasitisch (nl)
German: parasitär (de)
Greek: παρασιτικός (el) (parasitikós)

Noun

parasitic (plural parasitics)

(electronics) A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.