motherhood

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðəhʊd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌhʊd/, /ˈmə-/
Hyphenation: mo‧ther‧hood

Noun

motherhood (countable and uncountable, plural motherhoods)

The state of being a mother.
Mothers, considered as a group.
the nation's motherhood

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

siblinghood

Derived terms

Translations

state of being a mother

Arabic: أُمُومَة‎ f (ʾumūma)
Catalan: maternitat f
Crimean Tatar: analıq
Czech: mateřství n
Danish: moderskab
Dutch: moederschap (nl) n
Esperanto: patrineco
Finnish: äitiys (fi)
French: maternité (fr) f
German: Mutterschaft (de) f, Muttersein n
Indonesian: keibuan (id)
Korean: 모성 (ko) (moseong), 엄마 인 것 (omma-in geot)
Kurdish:
Sorani: دایکی‎ (daykî)

Lithuanian: motinystė
Macedonian: мајчинство n (majčinstvo)
Polish: macierzyństwo (pl)
Portuguese: maternidade (pt) f
Russian: матери́нство (ru) n (materínstvo)
Southern Altai: энелик (enelik)
Spanish: maternidad (es) f
Swahili: umama
Swedish: moderskap (sv) n
Telugu: మాతృత్వము (te) (mātr̥tvamu)
Turkish: annelik (tr), analık (tr)

mothers as a group

Finnish: äidit (fi)
Kurdish:
Sorani: دایکان‎ (daykan)

Portuguese: mães (pt) f pl

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French: ^{(please verify)} maternité (fr) f