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parental

/pəˈrɛntəl/

Translations

parentaladjective

more parental

Comp.

most parental

Super.

/pəˈrɛntəl/

Parental guidance is advised for this movie.

Рекомендуется родительский контроль для этого фильма.

Synonyms

parentalnoun

parentals

/pəˈrɛntəl/

Used chiefly in genetics and informal speech to refer to a parent, a parental organism, or a parental strain.

parentaladjective

Relating to a parent or parents.

She displayed a strong parental instinct when caring for her younger siblings.

Characteristic of or befitting a parent; protective or nurturing.

His parental concern was evident when he stayed up all night waiting for his daughter to return home safely.

(Genetics) Relating to the parental generation or to a parental chromosome arrangement.

The researchers compared parental genotypes with those of the offspring.

parentalnoun

(Genetics) A parental organism, strain, or chromosome arrangement, as distinguished from recombinant types.

The hybrid showed traits not present in either parental.

(Informal, usually plural) A parent.

I'm spending the weekend with the parentals.