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Word: Paren
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: abbreviation of parenthesis
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pəˈrɛn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a round bracket.
Short Definition:round bracket
