parentèle

See also: parentele

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parentēla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

parentèle f (plural parentèles)

1. relative, relation
2. (collectively) kin, relatives
3. (biology, inheritance) parentela

Related terms

• parent

Further reading

• “parentèle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.