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Translate parasites from English to French

Summary

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parasites:
- parasites
parasite:
- parasite; pique-assiette; profiteur
Wiktionary:
- parasite → parasite, profiteur
- parasite → parasite

English

Detailed Translations for parasites from English to French

parasites:

parasites [the ~] noun

the parasites (spongers; cadgers)
le parasites
- parasites [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for parasites:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
parasites	cadgers; parasites; spongers

Related Words for "parasites":

parasite

parasite:

parasite [the ~] noun

the parasite (scrounger; leach; sponger; sponge)
le parasite; le pique-assiette; le profiteur
- parasite [le ~] noun
- pique-assiette [le ~] noun
- profiteur [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for parasite:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
parasite	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger	pampered person; show-off; showboat; toady
pique-assiette	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger	show-off; showboat; toady
profiteur	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger	bloodsucker; capitalist; extortioner; extortionist; leech; vampire
-	leech; sponge; sponger
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	parasitic animal; parasitic plant

Related Words for "parasite":

parasites

Synonyms for "parasite":

organism; being
leech; sponge; sponger; follower

Antonyms for "parasite":

host

Related Definitions for "parasite":

an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host¹
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage¹

Wiktionary Translations for parasite:

parasite

noun

useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back
- parasite → parasite; profiteur
(generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing resources from another living organism
- parasite → parasite

parasite

noun

antiquité|fr pique-assiette qui faisait métier de s’asseoir à la table d’un riche et de le divertir pendant le repas.
- parasite → parasite

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• parasite	→ parasite	↔ parasiet — klaploper, iemand die ten koste van een ander leeft, een profiteur
• parasite	→ parasite	↔ Parasit — bildlich, abwertend: schmarotzender Zeitgenosse
• parasite	→ parasite	↔ Parasit — schmarotzendes Lebewesen

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University