The child's good health says a great deal for maternal care.
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Maternal
//məˈtɜːnəl//
Synonyms for "maternal" (54 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (27)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
11 entriesderived
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
has context
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أُمُومِيّ adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- أُمِّيّ adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Armenian
2 entries- մայրական adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- մոր կողմից adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Belarusian
2 entries- ма́тчынскі adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- мацяры́нскі adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ма́йчин adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- ма́йчински adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Catalan
2 entries- matern adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- maternal adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 母系 adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- 母親的 /母亲的 adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Czech
1 entries- mateřský adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Dutch
2 entries- langs moeders kant adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- moederlijk adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Estonian
2 entries- emalik adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- emapoolne adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Finnish
2 entries- äidillinen adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- äidinpuoleinen adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
French
2 entries- maternel adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- maternel adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Galician
2 entries- maternal adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- materno adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
German
2 entries- mütterlich adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- mütterlich adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Greek
3 entries- από την πλευρά της μητέρας adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- εκ μητρός adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- μητρικός adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Hebrew
2 entries- אִמָּהִי adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- אִמָּהִי adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Hungarian
3 entries- anyai adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- anyai adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- anyai adj (derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy)
Irish
2 entries- máithriúil adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- máthartha adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Italian
2 entries- materno adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- materno adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Japanese
3 entries- 母性 adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- 母方の adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- 母系の adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Latin
3 entries- māternus adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- māternus adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- māternālis adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Lithuanian
1 entries- motiniškas adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Macedonian
1 entries- мајчински adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Persian
2 entries- مادرانه adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- مادری adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- muttalich adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Polish
2 entries- macierzyński adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- matczyny adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Portuguese
2 entries- maternal adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- materno adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Romanian
2 entries- matern adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- matern adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Russian
2 entries- матери́нский adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- с матери́нской стороны́ adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- màthaireil adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- màthar adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- taobh màthar adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- màtērinjī adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- màtērinjī adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- màtērnjī adj (derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy)
- mȁterīnskī adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Slovak
1 entries- materský adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Slovene
2 entries- materin adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- materinski adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Spanish
4 entries- maternal adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- maternal adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
- materno adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- materno adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Tajik
2 entries- модарона adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- модарӣ adj (related through the mother, or her side of the family)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ма́терній adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
- матери́нський adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Welsh
1 entries- mamol adj (of or pertaining to a mother)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Maternal love is the greatest thing.
Source: tatoeba (320589)
Maternal love is greater than anything else.
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Nothing is as great as maternal love.
Source: tatoeba (320591)
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