"parental" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more parental [comparative], most parental [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|parental}} Middle French parental, {{der|en|la|parentālis}} Latin parentālis, {{m|la|parens||parent}} parens (“parent”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)
  1. Of or relating to a parent.
    Sense id: en-parental-en-adj-wj-XM0c3
  2. Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
    Sense id: en-parental-en-adj-gBnlLdty
  3. (genetics) Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-parental-en-adj-iRAFo2Pb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 88 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 6 81 11 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: monoparental Related terms: paternal, maternal Translations (relating to parent): prindëror [masculine] (Albanian), prindërore [feminine] (Albanian), وَالِدِيّ (wālidiyy) (Arabic), pãrintescu [masculine] (Aromanian), pãrinteascã [feminine] (Aromanian), бацько́ўскі (bacʹkóŭski) (Belarusian), ба́цькаўскі (bácʹkaŭski) (Belarusian), радзі́цельскі (radzícjelʹski) (Belarusian), роди́телски (rodítelski) (Bulgarian), parental (Catalan), rodičovský (Czech), ouderlijk (Dutch), gepatra (Esperanto), vanhempien (Finnish), parental (French), elterlich (German), γονικός (gonikós) (Greek), γονεϊκός (goneïkós) (Greek), szülői (Hungarian), parentale (Italian), parentālis (Latin), родителски (roditelski) (Macedonian), rodzicielski (Polish), parental (Portuguese), părintesc [masculine] (Romanian), părintească [feminine] (Romanian), роди́тельский (rodítelʹskij) (Russian), ро̀дитељскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ròditeljskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), rodičovský (Slovak), starševski (Slovene), parental (Spanish), ба́тьківський (bátʹkivsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), роди́тельський (rodýtelʹsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)

Noun

Forms: parentals [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|parental}} Middle French parental, {{der|en|la|parentālis}} Latin parentālis, {{m|la|parens||parent}} parens (“parent”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} parental (plural parentals)
  1. A person fulfilling a parental role.
    Sense id: en-parental-en-noun-QD9v3-~5

Inflected forms

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        "(genetics) Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prindëror"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prindërore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wālidiyy",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "وَالِدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pãrintescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pãrinteascã"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bacʹkóŭski",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "бацько́ўскі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bácʹkaŭski",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "ба́цькаўскі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "radzícjelʹski",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "радзі́цельскі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rodítelski",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "роди́телски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "parental"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "rodičovský"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "ouderlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "gepatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "vanhempien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "parental"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "elterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gonikós",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "γονικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "goneïkós",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "γονεϊκός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "szülői"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "parentale"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "parentālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "roditelski",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "родителски"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "rodzicielski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "parental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "părintesc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "părintească"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodítelʹskij",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "роди́тельский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ро̀дитељскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ròditeljskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "rodičovský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "starševski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "parental"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bátʹkivsʹkyj",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "ба́тьківський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rodýtelʹsʹkyj",
      "sense": "relating to parent",
      "word": "роди́тельський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "parental"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English undefined derivations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "parental"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French parental",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "parentālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin parentālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "parens",
        "3": "",
        "4": "parent"
      },
      "expansion": "parens (“parent”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parentals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "parental (plural parentals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person fulfilling a parental role."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parental"
}

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