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parenthood

parenthood noun: the state of being a parent.

Noun

parenthood (usually uncountable, plural parenthoods)

  1. (usually) The state of being a parent

parenthood meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

parenthood in Tamil

பெற்றோர் பருவம்

parenthood in Bengali

পিতৃত্ব

parenthood in Telugu

పేరెంట్హుడ్

parenthood in Malayalam

child-rearing, childcare, motherhood
അച്ഛനമ്മമാരായിരിക്കുന്ന അവസ്ഥ, ശിശുപരിപാലനം, കുമാരഭൃത്യ, കുമാരഭൃത്യം, കൗമാരഭ്രത്യം, ധാതൃവിദ്യ
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parenthood in Odia
ପିତୃତ୍ୱ

Forms of parenthood

pluralparenthoods

Origin of parenthood

From parent + -hood.

Words formed from parenthood

Questions about parenthood

What does parenthood mean?
Parenthood means the state of being a parent.
What is parenthood in Tamil?
Parenthood in Tamil is பெற்றோர் பருவம். See Parenthood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parenthood?
Parenthood is a noun.
What is the plural of parenthood?
The plural of parenthood is parenthoods.

Words near parenthood in the dictionary

  1. parentheticalities
  2. parentheticality
  3. parenthetically
  4. parentheticalness
  5. parentheticals
  6. parenthood
  7. parenthoods
  8. Parenti
  9. Parentian
  10. parenticide
  11. parenticides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parenthood (page history and authors); parenthood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parenthood (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenthood (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenthood (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); parenthood (Odia, 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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