Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being a mother; motherhood.

    материнствоmaterinstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.

    беременностьberemennostʹ

    the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

  3. (countable, uncountable)A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

    She's working in maternity this month.

Examples

28 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

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
state of being a mother; motherhood:
state of being pregnant; pregnancy:

Origin

From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.

From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.

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Forms

plural: maternities
Singularmaternity
Pluralmaternities

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother:motherhood
  • the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus:pregnancygestation
  • the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother:motherlinessmaternalismmaternal quality

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

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