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.

   Synonym: family leave

   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 / 产假 (zh) (chǎnjià), 育嬰假 / 育婴假 (zh) (yùyīngjià)

• Danish: barsel c
• Dutch: ouderschapsverlof (nl)
• Estonian: vanemapuhkus
• Finnish: vanhempainvapaa (fi)
• French: congé parental m
• German: Elternzeit (de) f
• Italian: congedo parentale m
• Japanese: 育児休業 (ja) (いくじきゅうぎょう, ikuji kyūgyō)
• Polish: urlop rodzicielski m
• Russian: декре́тный о́тпуск (ru) m (dekrétnyj ótpusk), 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: permiso por paternidad m
• Swedish: föräldraledighet (sv)