maternity

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
noun the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.

Maternity work?—M for Mother-in-law—Maternity?—No—You’re sure?... — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
100 ” Charitable maternity societies .......... — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Maternity had eaten and drunk it up! — Wanderfoot (The Dream Ship), Cynthia Stockley

pregnancy, gestation

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