maternity leave
A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a babyA leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
» Mary took maternity leave.
Мэри ушла в декретный отпуск.
Мері пішла в декрет.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.
Mutterschaftsurlaub, Mutterschutz, Erziehungsurlaub
декре́тный о́тпускdekrétnyj ótpusk, о́тпуск по бере́менности и ро́дамótpusk po berémennosti i ródam
Examples
21 sentencesMary took maternity leave.
Мері пішла в декрет. — deniko
ruМэри ушла в декретный отпуск. — odexed
Mary is on maternity leave.
Мері в декреті. — deniko
ruМэри в декретном отпуске. — Ooneykcall
deMary ist im Mutterschaftsurlaub. — Manfredo
Mary is on maternity leave now.
deMaria ist jetzt im Mutterschaftsurlaub. — wolfgangth
Mary is still on maternity leave.
ruМэри всё ещё в декрете. — Wezel
deMaria ist immer noch in Babypause. — felix63
She will start her maternity leave next week.
ruОна уходит в декретный отпуск на следующей неделе. — Lenin_1917
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: maternity leaves| Singular | maternity leave |
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regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable