Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being a mother.

    Mutterschaft, Muttersein, Muttertum

    матери́нствоmaterínstvo

    the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

  2. (countable, uncountable)Mothers, considered as a group.

    the nation's motherhood

Examples

6 sentences
  1. How has motherhood changed your life?

    ruКак материнство изменило вашу жизнь? — marafon

  2. Layla has to accept her motherhood.

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  3. Yoko's works often tend to gravitate towards themes of motherhood and family.

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  4. Marriage and family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood are protected by the state.

    ruБрак и семья, материнство, отцовство и детство находятся под защитой государства. — ABChessel

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  5. The Prime Minister's press release was full of motherhood statements.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
state of being a mother:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being a mother:

Origin

From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.

From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.

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Forms

plural: motherhoods
Singularmotherhood
Pluralmotherhoods

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother:maternity

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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