parental

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
  2. adjective relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

Etymology

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

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