Young people can recognize this about romantic love, but they find it hard to accept the same fierce element in parental affection.
Source: tatoeba (265813)
Parental
//pəˈɹɛn.təl//
Synonyms for "parental" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 26 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- prindëror adj (relating to parent)
- prindërore adj (relating to parent)
Arabic
1 entries- وَالِدِيّ adj (relating to parent)
Aromanian
2 entries- pãrinteascã adj (relating to parent)
- pãrintescu adj (relating to parent)
Belarusian
3 entries- ба́цькаўскі adj (relating to parent)
- бацько́ўскі adj (relating to parent)
- радзі́цельскі adj (relating to parent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- роди́телски adj (relating to parent)
Catalan
1 entries- parental adj (relating to parent)
Czech
1 entries- rodičovský adj (relating to parent)
Dutch
1 entries- ouderlijk adj (relating to parent)
Esperanto
1 entries- gepatra adj (relating to parent)
Finnish
1 entries- vanhempien adj (relating to parent)
French
1 entries- parental adj (relating to parent)
German
1 entries- elterlich adj (relating to parent)
Greek
2 entries- γονεϊκός adj (relating to parent)
- γονικός adj (relating to parent)
Hungarian
1 entries- szülői adj (relating to parent)
Italian
1 entries- parentale adj (relating to parent)
Latin
1 entries- parentālis adj (relating to parent)
Macedonian
1 entries- родителски adj (relating to parent)
Polish
1 entries- rodzicielski adj (relating to parent)
Portuguese
1 entries- parental adj (relating to parent)
Romanian
2 entries- părintească adj (relating to parent)
- părintesc adj (relating to parent)
Russian
1 entries- роди́тельский adj (relating to parent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ròditeljskī adj (relating to parent)
- ро̀дитељскӣ adj (relating to parent)
Slovak
1 entries- rodičovský adj (relating to parent)
Slovene
1 entries- starševski adj (relating to parent)
Spanish
1 entries- parental adj (relating to parent)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ба́тьківський adj (relating to parent)
- роди́тельський adj (relating to parent)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The hero, as a child, suffered from parental neglect.
Source: tatoeba (265863)
He leaves the parental roof soon.
Source: tatoeba (292935)
She had chosen to succumb to parental pressure.
Source: tatoeba (2060837)
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