parental
Appearance
See also: parenteral
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)
- Of or relating to a parent.
- Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
- (genetics) Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
- 1916, William E. Castle, Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics[1], page 101:
- This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, [...]
Antonyms
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- alloparental
- bioparental
- biparental
- diparental
- filioparental
- godparental
- grandparental
- heteroparental
- interparental
- monoparental
- multiparental
- nonparental
- parental alienation
- parental alienation syndrome
- parental control
- parental duty
- parental home
- parental leave
- parental love
- parentally
- parental rights
- parental unit
- preparental
- quasiparental
- stepparental
- tetraparental
- triparental
- uniparental
- unparental
Translations
[edit]relating to parent
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See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]parental (feminine parentale, masculine plural parentaux, feminine plural parentales)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “parental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin parentālis.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]parental m or f (plural parentais, not comparable)
- (relational) parent; parental
- (relational) relative (relating to familial relations)
Related terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French parental.
Adjective
[edit]parental m or n (feminine singular parentală, masculine plural parentali, feminine and neuter plural parentale)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | parental | parentală | parentali | parentale | |||
definite | parentalul | parentala | parentalii | parentalele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | parental | parentale | parentali | parentale | |||
definite | parentalului | parentalei | parentalilor | parentalelor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin parentālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]parental m or f (masculine and feminine plural parentales)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “parental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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