parental
Of or relating to a parent.
Other meanings
Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
Related words
- coparental
- extraparental
- parentalism
- parentality
- alloparental
- bioparental
- biparental
- diparental
- filioparental
- godparental
- grandparental
- heteroparental
Word history
From Latin "parentālis".
Where this comes from
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