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Plural of mother

regular plural

The plural of mother is mothers.

Forms of mother

Singularmother /ˈmʌð.ə/
Pluralmothers /ˈmʌð.əz/
Countablecountable

Mothers in a sentence

  • In many countries, up to 1 in 5 new mothers experience a mood or anxiety disorder.2024 May 1, Katia Hetter, “Why is a mother’s mental health so important? A doctor explains”, in CNN
  • You have to keep the piece with your mother-in-law, because mothers always have strings in their child.From the entry string
  • Many mothers find the use of perineal massage eases their childbirth.From the entry perineal
  • This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies.From the entry breastfeed
  • The new magazine's goal is to give a tribune to unmarried mothers.From the entry tribune

Meaning of mother

  1. noun A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
  2. noun A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
  3. noun A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.

Full definition of mother

Questions about the plural of mother

What is the plural of mother?
The plural of mother is mothers.
Is mother countable?
Mother is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mother (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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