par·ent·age (pâr  n-t j, p r-)n. 1. Descent from parents; lineage: of humble parentage. 2. The state or relationship of being a parent. 3. Derivation from a source; origin. |
parentage [ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ]
n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) ancestry
2. derivation from a particular origin
3. a less common word for parenthood
Parentage parents collectively, 1513.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  parentage - the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man"adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity |
| 2. | parentage - the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | |
| 3. | parentage - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, blood, origin, descent, stock, line kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin |
parentage
noun family, birth, origin, descent, line, race, stock, pedigree, extraction, ancestry, lineage, paternity, derivation She is a Londoner of mixed English and Jamaican parentage.
Quotations
"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children" [William Penn Some Fruits of Solitude]
"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children" [William Penn Some Fruits of Solitude]
Translations
parentage [ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ] N → familia f
of humble parentage → de nacimiento humilde
of unknown parentage → de padres desconocidos
of humble parentage → de nacimiento humilde
of unknown parentage → de padres desconocidos
parentage
n → Herkunft f; of humble/uncertain parentage → von einfacher/ungewisser Herkunft; children of racially mixed parentage → gemischtrassige Kinder pl
parentage [ˈpɛər/əntɪdʒ] n → natali mpl
of unknown parentage → di genitori sconosciuti
parentage [ˈpɛər/əntɪdʒ] n → natali mpl
of unknown parentage → di genitori sconosciuti
of unknown parentage → di genitori sconosciuti
parentage [ˈpɛər/əntɪdʒ] n → natali mpl
of unknown parentage → di genitori sconosciuti
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