Maternity

//məˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti//

Synonyms for "maternity" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

motherhood motherliness pregnancy affiliation agnation alliance ancestry blood blood relationship brotherhood brothership

Strong matches (16)

cognation common ancestry common descent connection consanguinity cousinhood cousinship enation fatherhood filiation fraternity kindred kinship

Noun(3 words)

gestation maternal quality maternalism

Related words (26)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

family relationship kinship parental quality physical condition physiological condition physiological state relationship

Antonyms

1 entries

paternity

Synonyms

4 entries

maternity ward motherhood motherliness pregnancy

derived

13 entries

co-maternity grandmaternity maternity bra maternity dress maternity hospital maternity jeans maternity leave maternity pillow maternity test maternity wear maternitywear nonmaternity prematernity

related to

31 entries

area babies baby baby leave before before motherhood birth birth ward born clothing department dress during during pregnancy hospital hospital area

Showing 16 of 31 words.

similar

1 entries

motherhood

Translations

25 translations across 13 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

бременност noun (state of being pregnant; pregnancy)
майчинство noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)
натология noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

analıq noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Czech

1 entries

porodnické oddělení noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)

Dutch

2 entries

materniteit noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)
moederschap noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Esperanto

1 entries

patrineco noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Finnish

4 entries

raskaus noun (state of being pregnant; pregnancy)
synnytysosasto noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)
synnytyssairaala noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)
äitiys noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Greek

3 entries

εγκυμοσύνη noun (state of being pregnant; pregnancy)
μαιευτήριο noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)
μητρότητα noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Malay

1 entries

korban laki-laki noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)

Norman

2 entries

matèrnité noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)
matèrnité noun (state of being pregnant; pregnancy)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Muttaschoft noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Polish

3 entries

ciąża noun (state of being pregnant; pregnancy)
macierzyństwo noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)
porodówka noun (ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born)

Russian

2 entries

беременность noun (state of being pregnant; pregnancy)
материнство noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Welsh

1 entries

mamolaeth noun (state of being a mother; motherhood)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I'm taking maternity leave from September 30th to October 14th.

Source: tatoeba (72297)

After her maternity leave, she resumed her old job.

Source: tatoeba (245162)

She will start her maternity leave next week.

Source: tatoeba (317372)

Krista's curt, businesslike tone put off her clients at the maternity ward, especially on their special days.

Source: tatoeba (788267)

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