maternity

English

Etymology

From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

maternity (countable and uncountable, plural maternities)

The state of being a mother; motherhood.
The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
She's working in maternity this month.

Synonyms

(ward): maternity ward

Antonyms

paternity (with respect to gender)

Derived terms

Translations

state of being a mother; motherhood

Bulgarian: майчинство (bg) n (majčinstvo)
Crimean Tatar: analıq
Dutch: materniteit (nl) f, moederschap (nl) n
Esperanto: patrineco
Finnish: äitiys (fi)
Greek: μητρότητα (el) f (mitrótita)
Norman: matèrnité f
Polish: macierzyństwo (pl) n
Russian: материнство (ru) n (materinstvo)

state of being pregnant; pregnancy

Bulgarian: бременност (bg) f (bremennost)
Finnish: raskaus (fi)
Greek: εγκυμοσύνη (el) f (egkymosýni)
Norman: matèrnité f
Polish: ciąża (pl) f
Russian: беременность (ru) f (beremennostʹ)

ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born

Bulgarian: натология f (natologija)
Czech: porodnické oddělení n
Finnish: synnytysosasto (fi), synnytyssairaala (fi)
Greek: μαιευτήριο (el) n (maieftírio)
Malay: korban laki-laki
Polish: porodówka (pl) f

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