motherhood
Syllables: mo·ther·hood/ˈmʌðəhʊd//ˈmʌðɚˌhʊd/
motherhood noun: the state of being a mother.
Noun
motherhood (countable and uncountable, plural motherhoods)
motherhood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
motherhood in Hindi
- state of being a mother
- मातृत्व mātŕtva
motherhood in Tamil
- state of being a mother
- தாய்மை tāymai
- mothers as a group
- தாய்மார் tāymār
motherhood in Marathi
- state of being a mother
- मातृत्व mātŕtva, आईपणा āīpṇā
motherhood in Urdu
- مامتا, ماں پن
More languagesFewer languages
- motherhood in Bengali
- মাতৃত্ব matritto
- motherhood in Telugu
- మాతృత్వము mātr̥tvamu
- motherhood in Malayalam
- മാതൃത്വം, മാതൃസ്ഥാനം, ജനനീയത്വം, മാതൃധർമ്മം
- motherhood in Kannada
- ತಾಯ್ತನ tāytana, ಮಾತೃತ್ವ mātṛtva
- motherhood in Gujarati
- માતૃત્વ
- motherhood in Odia
- ମାତୃତ୍ୱ, ମାତୃତ୍ବ
- motherhood in Nepali
- मातृत्व
- motherhood in Arabic
- أُمُومَة ʔumūma
- motherhood in Indonesian
- keibuan
Examples of motherhood in a sentence
- And at that point, we have sentenced a child to motherhood.
- Another semiacquaintance, Ali, said to me, “Jen, you're getting the perfect training for motherhood at this party!”
- So-called momoirs, first-person accounts exploding some of the sentimentality about motherhood, include Andrea J.
Synonyms of motherhood
Forms of motherhood
| plural | motherhoods |
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Origin of motherhood
From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.
Words formed from motherhood
Phrases with motherhood
Words that rhyme with motherhood
Questions about motherhood
- What does motherhood mean?
- Motherhood means the state of being a mother.
- What is motherhood in Hindi?
- Motherhood in Hindi is मातृत्व (mātŕtva). See Motherhood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is motherhood?
- Motherhood is a noun.
- How do you pronounce motherhood?
- Motherhood is pronounced /ˈmʌðəhʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of motherhood?
- The plural of motherhood is motherhoods.
Words near motherhood in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: motherhood (page history and authors); motherhood (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মাতৃত্ব (Bengali) (page history and authors); motherhood (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); motherhood (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); motherhood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); motherhood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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