Parasite

Etymology
From, from  , from  , from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from  +.

Noun

 * 1)  A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
 * 2)  A sycophant or hanger-on.
 * 3)  An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
 * ''Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites.
 * 1)  A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc.
 * 2)  A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.
 * 1)  A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc.
 * 2)  A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.
 * 1)  A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.

Antonyms

 * (doing no noticeable harm)
 * mutualist or sometimes symbiote (beneficial)

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: parásitu
 * Belarusian: паразі́т, дармае́д
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: parásito
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παράσιτος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Icelandic: sníkjudýr,
 * Interlingue: parasite
 * Irish:, diúgaire, súmaire, sceartán, siolpaire, trumpa
 * Italian:
 * Latin: parasītus, parasīta
 * Macedonian: паразит
 * Maori: parakūkā, kaitahaumu
 * Norwegian: parasitt
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гото̀ва̄н, гото̀ва̄нка, на́метнӣк, пара̀зӣт
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: parazit, príživník
 * Slovene: parazit
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, дармої́д


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: طُفِيل
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: parásitu
 * Azerbaijani: parazit
 * Belarusian: паразі́т
 * Bengali: পরজীবী
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: parazito
 * Estonian: parasiit
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: parasit
 * Galician: parásito
 * Georgian: პარაზიტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: परजीवी
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, sníkjudýr
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:
 * Interlingue: parasite
 * Irish: seadán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 寄生物
 * Kazakh: паразит
 * Khmer: ,


 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: паразит
 * Latin: parasitus
 * Latvian: parazīts
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: паразит
 * Malay: parasit
 * Maori: pirinoa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: parasitt
 * Nynorsk: parasitt
 * Novial:
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: parassit
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на́метнӣк, пара̀зӣт
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: parazit
 * Slovene: parazit
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sasandig
 * Tajik: паразит, ангал
 * Thai: ปรสิต
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: parazit
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: kí sinh trùng (寄生蟲), vật ký sinh (物寄生)
 * Volapük:


 * Latin:

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, itself a borrowing from.

Noun

 * 1) a parasite

Adjective

 * 1) parasitic