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Definition of parental

parental

/pəˈrɛn.təl/
pa · ren · tal
Adverb:parentally
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parental Lexical Profile

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• adjective

1

Relating to, characteristic of, or fitting for a parent or parents.

Example

"The school requires a signed form indicating parental consent before students can attend the field trip."

2

Designating the organism, cell, or generation from which offspring or descendant structures are produced in genetics and biology.

Example

"Researchers analyzed the genetic traits passed down from the parental generation to the hybrid plants."

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• Rhymes for parental

• Nearby Words

paren
parent
parentage
parental
parentally
parenthesis
parenthesize

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parentalis ('relating to parents'), from parens ('parent, father or mother'), the present participle of parere ('to bring forth, give birth to').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Parental. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/parental
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