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paren

/pəˈɹɛn/

Rhymes with -ɛn

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Clipping of parenthesis.

noun parens

especially, informal A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).

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"paren." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paren. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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paren. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paren

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"paren." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paren.

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@misc{paren_2026,
  title = {paren},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paren},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}