parentheses

See also: parenthèses

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesēs.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈɹɛnθɪsiːz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈɹɛnθəsiz/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Hyphenation: par‧en‧the‧ses

Noun

parentheses

  1. plural of parenthesis