parental

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French parental, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin parentalis, from parens (“parent”)

Adjective

parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)

1. of or relating to a parent
2. befitting a parent; affectionate; tender
3. (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid
   • 1916, William E. Castle & Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics, p. 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

• (relating to a parent): filial
• (genetics): filial

Hypernyms

• monoparental

Derived terms

• 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 unit
• preparental
• quasiparental
• stepparental
• tetraparental
• triparental
• uniparental
• unparental

 

Translations

relating to parent

• Dutch: ouderlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: gepatra
• Finnish: vanhempien
• French: parental (fr)
• German: elterlich (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: szülői
• Italian: parentale
• Latin: parentālis
• Portuguese: parental
• Russian: роди́тельский (ru) (rodítelʹskij)
• Spanish: parental (es)

See also

• paternal
• maternal

Noun

parental (plural parentals)

1. 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

• paternal, prenatal

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French

Etymology

parent +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɑ̃.tal/

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Adjective

parental (feminine parentale, masculine plural parentaux, feminine plural parentales)

1. parental

Derived terms

• monoparental

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• plantera

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. parental (relating to parents)
2. relating to relatives

Related terms

• parente

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Spanish

Adjective

parental m or f (masculine and feminine plural parentales)

1. parental