Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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 sentences
  1. Mary took maternity leave.

    Мері пішла в декрет. — deniko

    ruМэри ушла в декретный отпуск. — odexed

  2. Mary is on maternity leave.

    Мері в декреті. — deniko

    ruМэри в декретном отпуске. — Ooneykcall

    deMary ist im Mutterschaftsurlaub. — Manfredo

  3. Mary is on maternity leave now.

    deMaria ist jetzt im Mutterschaftsurlaub. — wolfgangth

  4. Mary is still on maternity leave.

    ruМэри всё ещё в декрете. — Wezel

    deMaria ist immer noch in Babypause. — felix63

  5. She will start her maternity leave next week.

    ruОна уходит в декретный отпуск на следующей неделе. — Lenin_1917

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
leave of absence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
leave of absence:

Forms

plural: maternity leaves
Singularmaternity leave
Pluralmaternity leaves

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

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