2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender;
affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
[1913 Webster]
The careful course and parental provision of nature. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
parental — parental, ale, aux [ parɑ̃tal, o ] adj. • 1536, repris 1913; de parent ♦ Didact. Des parents. Autorité parentale. Retrait d autorité parentale : mesure judiciaire retirant aux parents indignes la garde de leurs enfants. Congé parental : congé de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
parental — PARENTÁL, Ă, parentali, e, adj. (Rar) Care se referă la părinţi; ereditar. – Din fr. parental. Trimis de valeriu, 03.02.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 parentál s. m., pl. parentáli Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic parentál adj … Dicționar Român
Parental — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En biología y particularmente en genética, se denomina parental al o a los progenitores de una progenie, esto es, al individuo o individuos cuya reproducción, ya sexual, ya asexual, provoca la transmisión de una… … Wikipedia Español
parental — index paternal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
parental — (adj.) 1620s, from L. parentalis, from parens (see PARENT (Cf. parent) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
parental — adj. 2 g. 1. Relativo a pai e mãe. 2. Relativo a parente. • parentais s. f. pl. 3. Festas anuais em honra dos mortos, na Roma antiga. ‣ Etimologia: latim parentalis, dos pais … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
parental — [adj] having the quality or nature of a parent affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective,… … New thesaurus
parental — (Del lat. parentālis). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a los padres o a los parientes. 2. Biol. Que se refiere a uno o a ambos progenitores. U. t. c. s.) … Diccionario de la lengua española
parental — [pə rent′ l] adj. [L parentalis] 1. of or characteristic of a parent or parents 2. constituting the source or origin of something 3. Biol. designating or of the generation in which fertilization produces hybrids parentally adv … English World dictionary
parental — 1. adjective a) of, or related to a parent b) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid See Also: parental control, parental duty, parental home, parental leave 2 … Wiktionary
