English Explanatory Dictionary

parental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a parent.
  2. Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
  3. Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
noun
  1. A person fulfilling a parental role.

Pronunciation

/pəˈɹɛn.təl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parental.wav /pəˈɹen.təl/

Word forms

parental more parental most parental parentals

Etymology

From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).

Antonyms

filial

Related words

paternal maternal

Derived words

alloparental bioparental biparental coparental diparental extraparental filioparental godparental grandparental heteroparental interparental monoparental multiparental nonparental parental alienation parental alienation syndrome parental control parental duty parental figure parental home parentalism parentality parental leave parental love parentally parental rights parental unit preparental quasiparental stepparental tetraparental triparental uniparental unparental

Translations

Albanian: prindëror Albanian: prindërore Arabic: وَالِدِيّ Aromanian: pãrintescu Aromanian: pãrinteascã Belarusian: бацько́ўскі Belarusian: ба́цькаўскі Belarusian: радзі́цельскі Bulgarian: роди́телски Catalan: parental Czech: rodičovský Dutch: ouderlijk Esperanto: gepatra Finnish: vanhempien French: parental German: elterlich Greek: γονικός Greek: γονεϊκός Hungarian: szülői Italian: parentale Latin: parentālis Macedonian: родителски Polish: rodzicielski Portuguese: parental Romanian: părintesc Romanian: părintească Russian: роди́тельский Serbo-Croatian: ро̀дитељскӣ Serbo-Croatian: ròditeljskī Slovak: rodičovský Slovene: starševski Spanish: parental Ukrainian: ба́тьківський Ukrainian: роди́тельський
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