# parental
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)
* Of or relating to a parent.
* Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
* (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, [...]

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “relating to a parent”): filial
* (antonym(s) of “genetics”): filial

#### Hypernyms

* monoparental

#### Derived terms

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

#### See also

* paternal
* maternal

### 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.

### Anagrams

* paternal, prenatal

## French
### Etymology

From parent +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁɑ̃.tal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* monoparental

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* plantera

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin parentālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾẽˈtaw/ [pa.ɾẽˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾẽˈtal/ [pɐ.ɾẽˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾẽˈtal/ [pɐ.ɾẽˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾẽˈta.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: pa‧ren‧tal

### Adjective

parental m or f (plural parentais, not comparable)
* (relational) parent; parental
* (relational) relative (relating to familial relations)

#### Related terms

* parente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parental.

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin parentālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾenˈtal/ [pa.ɾẽn̪ˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: pa‧ren‧tal

### Adjective

parental m or f (masculine and feminine plural parentales)
* parental

#### Derived terms

* homoparental
* monoparental
* PIN parental

#### Related terms

* pariente

### Further reading

* “parental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10