parental
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin parentalis, from parens (“parent”)
[edit] Adjective
parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)
- of or relating to a parent
- (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid
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relating to parent
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[edit] Noun
parental (plural parentals)
- A person fulfilling a parental role.
- Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.
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[edit] Adjective
parental m. (f. parentale, m. plural parentaux, f. plural parentales)