parental

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

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, page 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, [...]

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

• monoparental

• paternal
• maternal

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.

• paternal, prenatal

parent +‎ -al

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɑ̃.tal/

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

1. parental

• monoparental

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

• plantera

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧tal

parental m or f (plural parentais, not comparable)

1. (relational) parent; parental
2. (relational) relative (relating to familial relations)

• parente

From French parental.

parental m or n (feminine singular parentală, masculine plural parentali, feminine and neuter plural parentale)

1. parental

• IPA^(key): /paɾenˈtal/ [pa.ɾẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧ren‧tal

parental (plural parentales)

1. parental

• “parental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014