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pa·ren·tal

 (pə-rĕn′tl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a parent.
2. Genetics Of or designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced.

pa·ren′tal·ly adv.
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parental

(pəˈrɛntəl)
adj
1. of or relating to a parent or parenthood
2. (Genetics) genetics designating the first generation in a line, which gives rise to all succeeding (filial) generations
paˈrentally adv
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pa•ren•tal

(pəˈrɛn tl)

adj.
1. of or pertaining to a parent.
2. proper to or characteristic of a parent.
3. Genetics. pertaining to the sequence of generations preceding the filial generation, each generation being designated by a P followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.
[1615–25; < Latin]
pa•ren′tal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.parental - designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
filial - designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
2.parental - relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parentparental - relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
filial - relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
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Translations
نِسبَة إلى الوالِدَين
rodičovský
forældre-
szülõi
foreldra-
rodičovský
anne/babayla ilgili

parental

[pəˈrentl]
A. ADJ [care etc] → de los padres
B. CPD parental authority Npatria potestad f
parental guidance Nlos consejos de los padres
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parental

[pəˈrɛntəl] adj [control, responsibility, love, consent] → parental(e)parental leave ncongé m parentalparent body n [organization] → institution f mèreparent company nmaison f mèreparent group n [company] → société f mère
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parental

adj care, guidance etcelterlich attr; parental choiceWahlfreiheit fder Eltern, elterliche Wahl; the parental homedas Elternhaus; parental leaveElternzeit f
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parental

[pəˈrɛntl] adjdei genitori (Bio) → parentale
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parent

(ˈpeərənt) noun
1. one of the two persons etc (one male and one female) who are jointly the cause of one's birth.
2. a person with the legal position of a mother or father eg by adoption.
ˈparentage (-tidʒ) noun
family or ancestry. a man of unknown parentage.
parental (pəˈrentl) adjective
parental responsibility.
ˈparenthood noun
the state of being a parent.
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parental

adj parental
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References in classic literature ?
"My perfected friend," he said, "my parental instinct recognises in you a noble evidence and illustration of the theory of development.
Issuing thence to the west and south, as a youth leaves the shelter of his parental house, this spirit found the way to the Indies, discovered the coasts of a new continent, and traversed at last the immensity of the great Pacific, rich in groups of islands remote and mysterious like the constellations of the sky.
After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers--to this farther tryal of their noble independance however they never were exposed.
Allen, in which Henry talked at random, without sense or connection, and Catherine, rapt in the contemplation of her own unutterable happiness, scarcely opened her lips, dismissed them to the ecstasies of another tete-a-tete; and before it was suffered to close, she was enabled to judge how far he was sanctioned by parental authority in his present application.
Once subjected to the chromatic taint, every parental and every childish Circle would demoralize each other.
M'Dougal was, doubtless, properly sensible of this parental devotion on the part of his savage father-in-law, and perhaps a little rebuked by the game spirit, so opposite to his own.
Like little children they are doubtless delighted at this opportunity to flee from the zone of parental discipline.
That in this gratification alone, as in friendship, in parental and filial affection, as indeed in general philanthropy, there is a great and exquisite delight.
She was exceedingly pretty, having at once the Parisian grace of her mother, who had died in giving her birth, and all the splendour, all the riches of the young American blood of her parental grandfather, William Stangerson.
But this counts for little among the green Martians, as parental and filial love is as unknown to them as it is common among us.
Respect for years, deference to the authors of their being, and submission to parental authority are inculcated equally by the morals and the laws of France.
He was ploughed in his examinations time after time; but he bore this cheerfully, and submitted with such a charming grace to the parental expostulations that his father, a doctor in practice at Leeds, had not the heart to be seriously angry with him.

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