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Webster 1913 Edition

Motherhood

Moth′er-hood

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Noun.

The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

Webster 1828 Edition

Motherhood

MOTHERHOOD

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Noun.

The state of being a mother.

Definition 2024

motherhood

motherhood

English

Noun

motherhood ‎(countable and uncountable, plural motherhoods)

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

Synonyms

mommyhood

Coordinate terms

siblinghood

Related terms

motherhood statement

Translations

the state of being a mother

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
Indonesian: keibuan (id)
Korean: 모성 (ko) ‎(moseong), 엄마 인 것 (omma-in geot)

Kurdish:
Sorani: دایکی
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
Swedish: moderskap (sv) n
Turkish: annelik (tr), analık (tr)

mothers as a group

Finnish: äidit (fi)
Kurdish:
Sorani: دایکان

Portuguese: mães (pt) f pl

See also

motherhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia