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English word
TANDA HUBUNG
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THESAURUS
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 3 senses
- maternity(n = noun.state) gestation, pregnancy - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus;
- maternity(n = noun.linkdef) motherhood - the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother;
- maternity(n = noun.attribute) maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness - the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
Derived form adjective maternal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
, n. Array
- The state of being a mother; motherhood. [1913 Webster]
- The character of a mother; maternal quality; motherliness. [1913 Webster]
- The maternity ward; the maternity department of a hospital. [PJC]
, a.
- Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant;
as, . [PJC]maternity care; amaternity hospital - For use during pregnancy;
as, a . [PJC]maternity outfit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n.
1 motherhood.
2 motherliness.
3 (attrib.) a for women during and just after childbirth (maternity hospital; maternity leave). b suitable for a pregnant woman (maternity dress; maternity wear).
1 motherhood.
2 motherliness.
3 (attrib.) a for women during and just after childbirth (maternity hospital; maternity leave). b suitable for a pregnant woman (maternity dress; maternity wear).
Etymology
F maternit{eacute} f. med.L maternitas -tatis f. L maternus f. mater mother
THESAURUS
affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation, common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity, cousinhood, cousinship, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, kindred, kinship, maternalness, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, motherliness, mothership, parenthood, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, pregnancy, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood
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Paternity
N paternity, parentage, consanguinity, parent, father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba, genitor, progenitor, procreator, ancestor, grandsire, grandfather, great- grandfather, fathership, fatherhood, mabap, house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan, genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry, forefathers, forbears, patriarchs, motherhood, maternity, mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias, grandmother, paternal, parental, maternal, family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal, avi numerantur avorum, happy he with such a mother, hombre bueno no le busquen abolengo, philosophia stemma non inspicit.
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