motherhood

moth·er·hood (m

r-h

)

1. The state of being a mother.

2. The qualities of a mother.

3. Mothers considered as a group.

motherhood [ˈmʌðəˌhʊd]

1. the state of being a mother

2. the qualities characteristic of a mother

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Noun

motherhood - the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

maternity

family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

motherhood

noun

Quotations
"The hand that rocks the cradle"
"Is the hand that rules the world" [William Ross Wallace John O'London's Treasure Trove]

Translations

motherhood [ˈmʌðəhʊd] N → maternidad f
to prepare for motherhood → prepararse para ser madre

motherhood [ˈmʌðə^rhʊd] n → maternité f
Mothering Sunday [ˌmʌðərɪŋˈsʌndi] n (British) (old-fashioned) (= Mother's Day) → la fête des Mères
mother-in-law [ˈmʌðə^rɪnlɔː] n → belle-mère f

motherhood [ˈmʌðəˌhʊd] n → maternità f inv

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But the Wild is the Wild, and motherhood is motherhood, at all times fiercely protective whether in the Wild or out of it; and the time was to come when the she-wolf, for her grey cub's sake, would venture the left fork, and the lair in the rocks, and the lynx's wrath.

White Fang by London, Jack View in context

Even the cares of prospective motherhood had not entirely quenched the fires of carefree youth, and Teeka had remained a good-natured playmate even at an age when other shes of the tribe of Kerchak had assumed the sullen dignity of maturity.

Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

As the days and weeks pussed, Saxon was possessed by a conscious feeling of proud motherhood in her swelling breasts.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

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