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maternity

noun
/məˈtɜːnɪti/UK/məˈtɜɹnəti/US

Etymology

From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.

  1. derived from māternitās
  2. derived from maternité

Definitions

  1. The state of being a mother

    The state of being a mother; motherhood.

  2. The state of being pregnant

    The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.

  3. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

    • She's working in maternity this month.

The neighborhood

Derived

co-maternity, grandmaternity, maternity bra, maternity dress, maternity hospital, maternity jeans, maternity leave, maternity pillow, maternity test, maternitywear, maternity wear, nonmaternity, prematernity

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for maternity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA