maternity

Definitions

1. The state of being a mother; motherhood
2. The state of being pregnant; pregnancy
3. The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
   countable, uncountable
4. Relating to or effective during pregnancy, childbirth, or the first months of motherhood: a maternity dress; maternity leave.
5. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born
6. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
   countable, uncountable
7. (usually as adjective) the state of being or becoming a mother. a maternity hospital; maternity clothes. kraam اُمومَه майчинство maternidade mateřství; mateřský die Mutterschaft moderskab; fødsels-; graviditets- μητρότηταmaternidad emadus وابسته به زایمان äitiys maternité הֵרָיוֹן मातृत्व majčinstvo anyaság bersalin móðerni, óléttu-, móður- maternità; di maternità, per la maternità 母であること 모성 motinystė, gimdymas grūtnieces apģērbs menjadi ibu moederschapmorskap; svangerskap, barsel- macierzyń...
   usually as adjective
8. maternidad;___ hospital → hospital de ___.
9. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
10. The feelings or characteristics associated with being a mother; motherliness.
11. A maternity ward.
12. motherhood
13. the characteristics associated with motherhood; motherliness
14. (modifier) relating to pregnant women or women at the time of childbirth: a maternity ward.
    modifier
15. the state of being a mother.

Equivalents

Examples

“She's working in maternity this month.”

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