英和和英

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^[1], 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

• (relating to a parent): filial
• (genetics): filial

上位語

• monoparental

派生語

参考

• paternal
• maternal

名詞

parental (複数形 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