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maternity leaves

maternity leaves is the plural of maternity leave.

Meaning of maternity leave

Noun

maternity leave (countable and uncountable, plural maternity leaves)

  1. A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
    • My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.

Questions about maternity leaves

What is maternity leaves the plural of?
Maternity leaves is the plural of maternity leave.

Words near maternity leaves in the dictionary

  1. maternity dress
  2. maternity dresses
  3. maternity hospital
  4. maternity hospitals
  5. maternity leave
  6. maternity leaves
  7. maternity pillow
  8. maternity pillows
  9. maternity test
  10. maternity tests
  11. maternity ward

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maternity leaves (page history and authors); maternity leave (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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