parental leave

parental leave

English

Noun

parental leave (countable and uncountable, plural parental leaves)

1. A 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.

Related terms

• maternity leave
• paternity leave

Translations

leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby

Chinese: Mandarin: 產假 (zh), 产假 (zh) (chǎnjià), 育嬰假, 育婴假 (yùyīngjià) Danish: barsel c Dutch: ouderschapsverlof (nl) Finnish: vanhempainvapaa (fi) French: congé parental m

German: Elternzeit (de) f Japanese: 育児休業 (いくじきゅうぎょう, ikuji kyūgyō) Russian: о́тпуск по ухо́ду за ребёнком m (ótpusk po uxódu za rebjónkom), роди́тельский о́тпуск m (rodítelʹskij ótpusk), о́тпуск по бере́менности и ро́дам m (ótpusk po berémennosti i ródam) (maternity leave) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: föräldraledighet (sv)