parental
French, adjective/pa.ʁɑ̃.tal/
parental is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-A-L (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parental is a French adjective meaning “parental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient aux parents, aussi bien au père qu’à la mère”.
What does parental mean in English?
adjective
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parental
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient aux parents, aussi bien au père qu’à la mère. 2. Relatif aux relations entre personnes du même lignage, à la même parentèle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of parental
- parentale feminine
- parentaux masculine plural
- parentales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parental?
- /pa.ʁɑ̃.tal/
- \pa.ʁɑ̃.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parental in French?
parental appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).