adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a parent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
parental
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person fulfilling a parental role.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- parental guidance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maternal, paternal
Antonyms: filial
adjective
Meaning 6
designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: filial
History
Etymology
From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: prindëror — relating to parent
- Albanian: prindërore — relating to parent
- Arabic: وَالِدِيّ (wālidiyy) — relating to parent
- Aromanian: pãrintescu — relating to parent
- Aromanian: pãrinteascã — relating to parent
- Belarusian: бацько́ўскі (bacʹkówski) — relating to parent
- Belarusian: ба́цькаўскі (bácʹkawski) — relating to parent
- Belarusian: радзі́цельскі (radzícjelʹski) — relating to parent
- Bulgarian: роди́телски (rodítelski) — relating to parent
- Catalan: parental — relating to parent
- Czech: rodičovský — relating to parent
- Dutch: ouderlijk — relating to parent
- Esperanto: gepatra — relating to parent
- Finnish: vanhempien — relating to parent
- French: parental — relating to parent
- German: elterlich — relating to parent
- Greek: γονικός (gonikós) — relating to parent
- Greek: γονεϊκός (goneïkós) — relating to parent
- Hungarian: szülői — relating to parent
- Italian: parentale — relating to parent
- Latin: parentālis — relating to parent
- Macedonian: родителски (roditelski) — relating to parent
- Polish: rodzicielski — relating to parent
- Portuguese: parental — relating to parent
- Romanian: părintesc — relating to parent
- Romanian: părintească — relating to parent
- Russian: роди́тельский (rodítelʹskij) — relating to parent
- Serbo-Croatian: ро̀дитељскӣ — relating to parent
- Serbo-Croatian: ròditeljskī — relating to parent
- Slovak: rodičovský — relating to parent
- Slovene: starševski — relating to parent
- Spanish: parental — relating to parent
- Ukrainian: ба́тьківський (bátʹkivsʹkyj) — relating to parent
- Ukrainian: роди́тельський (rodýtelʹsʹkyj) — relating to parent
Real reading context