Meanings
plural parental leaves
- countableuncountableA leave of absence from a job for a parent to take care of a baby.
Both my husband and I are on a 3-month parental leave while we look after our newborn baby.
Synonyms: family leave
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA leave of absence from a job for a parent to take care of a baby.
More synonyms by meaning
nounParental leave or family leave is an employee benefit available in almost all countries that provides paid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 產假 /产假, 育嬰假 /育婴假
- 產假 /产假 (chǎnjià)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
- 育嬰假 /育婴假 (yùyīngjià)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Danish barsel
- barselleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Dutch ouderschapsverlof
- ouderschapsverlofleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Estonian vanemapuhkus
- vanemapuhkusleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Finnish vanhempainvapaa
- vanhempainvapaaleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
French congé parental
- congé parentalleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
German Elternzeit
- Elternzeitleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Italian congedo parentale
- congedo parentaleleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Japanese 育児休業
- 育児休業 (ikuji kyūgyō)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Polish urlop rodzicielski
- urlop rodzicielskileave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Russian декре́тный о́тпуск, о́тпуск по ухо́ду за ребёнком
- декре́тный о́тпуск (dekrétnyj ótpusk)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
- о́тпуск по ухо́ду за ребёнком (ótpusk po uxódu za rebjónkom)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
- роди́тельский о́тпуск (rodítelʹskij ótpusk)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
- о́тпуск по бере́менности и ро́дам (ótpusk po berémennosti i ródam)leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Spanish permiso parental, excedencia parental
- permiso parentalleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
- excedencia parentalleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
- diábetes parentalleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Swedish föräldraledighet
- föräldraledighetleave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby
Cite this entry
parental leave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parental%20leave
“parental leave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parental%20leave. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parental leave,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parental%20leave.
Source: parental leave on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.