parental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   parental guidance

2. 2
   adj

   Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.

   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, [...]

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

5. 5
   adj

   Of or relating to a parent.

6. 6
   adj

   Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.

Etymology

From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).