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parental

//pəˈɹɛn.təl//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

formal

Note for parental

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more parental
Superlative
most parental

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
parentals

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Of or relating to a parent.

  2. 2.Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.

  3. 3.Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4878

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Word family

Etymology

From Middle French parental

From Latin parentālis

From parens (“parent”).

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