英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /pəˈɹɛn.təl/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /pəˈɹen.təl/

形容詞

parental (comparative more parental, superlative most parental)

1. Of or relating to a parent.
2. Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
3. (genetics) Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
   • 1916, William E. Castle, Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics‎, page 101:

     This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, [...]

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “relating to a parent”): filial
• (antonym(s) of “genetics”): filial

上位語

• monoparental

派生語

参考

• paternal
• maternal

名詞

parental (plural parentals)

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.

アナグラム

• paternal, prenatal