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maternities

maternities is the plural of maternity.

Meaning of maternity

Noun

maternity (countable and uncountable, plural maternities)

  1. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
  2. The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
  3. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
    • She's working in maternity this month.
    Synonyms:
    maternity ward

Questions about maternities

What is maternities the plural of?
Maternities is the plural of maternity.

Words near maternities in the dictionary

  1. maternalizing
  2. maternall
  3. maternally
  4. maternalness
  5. maternals
  6. maternities
  7. maternity
  8. maternity bra
  9. maternity bras
  10. maternity dress
  11. maternity dresses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maternities (page history and authors); maternity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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