Maternité (en. Maternity)

/ma.tɛʁ.ni.te/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

The quality of a mother.

Motherhood is often celebrated on Mother's Day.

La maternité est souvent célébrée lors de la fête des mères.

The institution responsible for the care of young children.

Daycares and nurseries are examples of maternity in the institutional sense.

Les crèches et les garderies sont des exemples de maternité au sens d'institution.

Phase of a woman's life related to pregnancy and child-rearing.

She discovered motherhood at the age of twenty-five.

Elle a découvert la maternité à l'âge de vingt-cinq ans.

From Latin 'maternitas', derived from 'mater' meaning 'mother'.

maternity leave

Time granted to a woman after giving birth.

congés de maternité

happy motherhood

A positive state of a mother who loves her role.

maternité heureuse

joy of motherhood

Feeling of fulfillment related to the arrival of a child.

bonheur de la maternité

mother

Woman who has given birth.

mère

pregnancy

State of a woman carrying a fetus.

grossesse

child

Human being in the first years of life.

enfant

Mother hen

She is a real mother hen with her children.

Elle est une vraie maman poule avec ses enfants.

Bébert (familiar)

She told me that her Bébert would be born soon.

Elle m'a dit que son Bébert allait bientôt naître.