parental
/pəˈɹɛn.təl/
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Australia/pəˈɹen.təl/
parental adjective: of or relating to a parent.
Adjective
parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)
- Of or relating to a parent.
- Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
- Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
- 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, [...]1916, William E. Castle, Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics, page 101
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.
parental meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
parental in Tamil
- தாய்க்கலம், முதற்கலம்
parental in Bengali
- পিতামাতা সংক্রান্ত, পিতামাতার উপযুক্ত
parental in Telugu
- పేరెంటల్
parental in Malayalam
- മാതാപിതാക്കൾക്കുള്ള, മാതാപിതാക്കളെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, പൈതൃകമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- parental in Punjabi
- پیکا pekā, ਪੇਕਾ pekā, میکا mekā
- parental in Gujarati
- પેરેંટલ
- parental in Arabic
- وَالِدِيّ wālidiyy
Examples of parental in a sentence
- When parents get divorced, their child sometimes experiences parental alienation, in which they are estranged from the noncustodial parent.
- Both my husband and I are on a 3-month parental leave while we look after our newborn baby.
- It is never better to let kids have their way whenever they wish rather than standing up for one's parental authority.
Antonyms of parental
Forms of parental
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more parental |
| superlative | most parental |
| Noun | |
| plural | parentals |
Origin of parental
From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).
Words formed from parental
- 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
Phrases with parental
Questions about parental
- What does parental mean?
- Parental means of or relating to a parent.
- What is parental in Tamil?
- Parental in Tamil is தாய்க்கலம், முதற்கலம். See Parental meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is parental?
- Parental can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce parental?
- Parental is pronounced /pəˈɹɛn.təl/ (UK).
Words near parental in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: parental (page history and authors); parental (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parental (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parental (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parental (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); میکا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); parental (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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