Maternal

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Meanings 1.5 Translations

English

Pronunciation

• mə-tû(r)'nəl, /mə'tɜː(r)nəl/, /m@"t3:(r)n@l/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nəl

Adjective

maternal

Etymology

Derived from Vulgar Latin maternalis, from Classical Latin maternus, from mater "mother"

Meanings

1. pertaining to a mother, her genes, her relatives, or her side of a family.
2. motherly.
3. received or inherited from someone's mother.

Translations

• Dutch: moeder
• French: maternel m, maternelle f
• German: mütterlich
• Latin: maternus m (Classical Latin), materna f (Classical Latin), maternum n (Classical Latin), maternalis m/f (Vulgar and Neo Latin)
• Greek: μητρικός
• Italian: materno m sg., materni m pl., materna f sg., materne f pl.
• Korean: 임신하는
• Russian: материнский
• Spanish: maternal