parental
pronunciation
How to pronounce parental in British English:
UK [pəˈrentl]
How to pronounce parental in American English:
US [pəˈrentl]
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- Adjective:
- designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
Word Origin
- parental (adj.)
- 1620s, from Latin parentalis "of parents," from parens (see parent (n.)). Related: Parentally.
Example
- 1. They could even offer paid parental leave .
- 2. After breastfeeding , it is the most energetically expensive parental duty known to mammals .
- 3. And do these relative levels of mental ability remain the same as we grow up or do they vary according to the affluence of parental homes ?
- 4. Worse than parental leave , she says , is the 120-day annual allowance for parents to tend to sick children , which is impossible to plan and which is suspected of being widely abused .
- 5. Bodil sonesson gallon , head of sales at axis communications , an it company that specializes in video surveillance , admits that parental leave can be disruptive - for careers and companies .