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My maternal granddad, Leonard, was full of amazing stories. He was an orphan, with 11 or 12 brothers and sisters, and he used to tell us about growing up near the Irrawaddy river and how one brother was eaten by a crocodile.
Jamie Cullum

Meaning of "maternal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MATERNAL

From Medieval Latin māternālis, from Latin māternus, from māter mother.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MATERNAL

maternal  [məˈtɜːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATERNAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maternal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MATERNAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maternal bond

The maternal bond is typically the relationship between a mother and her child. While it typically occurs due to pregnancy and childbirth, it may also occur between a woman and an unrelated child, such as in adoption. There are hundreds of potential factors, both physical and emotional, which can influence the mother-child bonding process. Many new mothers do not always experience the "instantly-in-mother-love" emotions. Bonding is a gradually unfolding experience that can take hours, days, weeks, or even months to develop.

Definition of maternal in the English dictionary

The definition of maternal in the dictionary is of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of a mother. Other definition of maternal is related through the mother's side of the family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATERNAL


asternal
æˈstɜːnəl
coeternal
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnəl
colonel
ˈkɜːnəl
diuturnal
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnəl
episternal
ˌɛpɪˈstɜːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
eviternal
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
fraternal
frəˈtɜːnəl
hesternal
hɛˈstɜːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
kernel
ˈkɜːnəl
nocturnal
nɒkˈtɜːnəl
paternal
pəˈtɜːnəl
sempiternal
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl
sternal
ˈstɜːnəl
substernal
sʌbˈstɜːnəl
ternal
ˈtɜːnəl
unmaternal
ˌʌnməˈtɜːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATERNAL

materialness
materials
materiel
maternal death
maternal deprivation
maternal health care
maternal instinct
maternalism
maternalistic
maternally
maternity
maternity allowance
maternity benefit
maternity dress
maternity grant
maternity home
maternity hospital
maternity leave
maternity pay
maternity ward

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATERNAL

bimaternal
carnal
cisternal
confraternal
contubernal
cothurnal
diurnal
hibernal
hodiernal
house journal
semidiurnal
supernal
tarnal
trade journal
urnal
vernal

Synonyms and antonyms of maternal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MATERNAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «maternal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of maternal

Translation of «maternal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATERNAL

Find out the translation of maternal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maternal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maternal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

母性的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maternal
570 millions of speakers

English

maternal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मातृक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مُتَعَلِقٌ بِالْأُمِّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

материнский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maternal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জননীসংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maternel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ibu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mütterlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

母性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어머니의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ibu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc mẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாய்க்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

materno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

materialny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

материнський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

matern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μητρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moederlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moderlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moderlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maternal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERNAL»

The term «maternal» is very widely used and occupies the 16.379 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERNAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maternal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maternal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maternal

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10 QUOTES WITH «MATERNAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word maternal.
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Aravind Adiga
I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.
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Harry A. Blackmun
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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Elisabetta Canalis
My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.
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Jessica Capshaw
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.
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Hillary Clinton
You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.
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Noel Coward
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
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Jamie Cullum
My maternal granddad, Leonard, was full of amazing stories. He was an orphan, with 11 or 12 brothers and sisters, and he used to tell us about growing up near the Irrawaddy river and how one brother was eaten by a crocodile.
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Jack Davenport
My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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Kiki Dee
I'm a childless woman, yet I felt no maternal urges whatsoever. The prospect of years of broken nights and nappy changes holds no appeal for me.
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Kiki Dee
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've never had a strong maternal urge, and then I got cancer of the womb - luckily caught at an early stage - so that put paid to that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATERNAL»

Discover the use of maternal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maternal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Maternal and Child Health
Successfully tested in prestigious academic programs of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, Third Edition appeals to students across the health professions and those interested in women's health, reproductive health, maternal and ...
Jonathan Kotch, 2012
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Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and ...
The book s contributors are some of the world s most respected experts, carefully selected to represent different global geographic regions and diverse professional disciplines related to maternal and child health from both academic and ...
John Ehiri, 2009
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Maternal and Child Health
The Third Edition is a thorough update that includes: • New chapters on Environmental Health, Life Course, Oral Health, and Monitoring and Evaluation. • Streamlined chapters on Assessment and Planning, MCH Research, Rights and Justice, ...
Jonathan B. Kotch, Professor Dept of Maternal and Child Health Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina Jonathan B Kotch, M.D., 2012
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Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in ...
This thorough revision has important new topics such as the epidemic of obesity, efforts to reduce mother to child transmission of AIDS, new immunizations for child safety and more.
Jonathan Kotch, 2005
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Maternal and Perinatal Health in Developing Countries
Taking a practical policy approach, this book covers the background and concepts underlying efforts to improve maternal and perinatal mortality, the current global situation and problems that prevent progress.
Julia Hussein, 2012
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Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & ...
Growing research shows that many children from immigrant and refugee families are not doing well in school, due in part to linguistic and cultural disadvantages.
Adele Pillitteri, 2010
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Investing in Maternal Health: Learning from Malaysia and Sri ...
Removing financial barriers to maternal care for clients was an important step in both countries. Professional midwives constitute the backbone of maternal care in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
Indra Pathmanathan, Jerker Liljestrand, 2003
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Maternal Obesity and Pregnancy
This book provides a timely update on the latest knowledge on maternal obesity and pregnancy.
Per Glud Ovesen, Dorte Møller Jensen, 2012
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Global Case Studies in Maternal and Child Health
Written For Students In Public Health, Medical, And Allied Health Professions, Global Case Studies In Maternal And Child Health Brings To Life Theoretical And Conceptual Ideas Discussed In Primary Texts, Through The Analysis Of Lived ...
Ruth C. White, 2012
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Reducing Maternal Mortality: Learning from Bolivia, China, ...
The first book is based on the experiences of Malaysia and Sri Lanka during the past five to six decades. The second book discusses the more recent experiences of Bolivia, China (Yunnan), Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe.
Marjorie A. Koblinsky, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATERNAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maternal is used in the context of the following news items.
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GDM: Worse Fetal, Maternal Outcomes for Obese Women
The risks to mother and fetus from GDM are well known, but less well understood is the extent to which maternal obesity itself may contribute to ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
2
Less deaths, but world still misses MDG on maternal health
MANILA, Philippines – Despite significant improvement in maternal survival for the last two decades, the world still failed to meet the Millennium ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
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Minor raped by maternal uncle, his neighbour in Nalasopara
MUMBAI: A minor girl, now 11, was allegedly raped by her maternal uncle and his neighbour two years ago in Nalasopara. A police complaint ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Project to improve maternal/child health underway in Upper West
Accra, July 21, GNA - A pilot project that uses community incentives to improve maternal and child health is underway in three districts of the ... «Ghana News Agency, Jul 15»
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Form panel to probe maternal mortality cases, DC tells DHO
Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has directed district health officer (DHO) to form a five-member committee to conduct an inquiry on the six ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
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Paternal involvement in parenting children with autism may improve …
A growing body of empirical studies has linked child behavior problems associated with disabilities and developmental delays with maternal ... «Healio, Jul 15»
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Sharecare to Host Twitter Chat on Maternal and Infant Health
On Thursday, July 23, Sharecare, a comprehensive digital health and wellness engagement platform, will host a Twitter chat on maternal and ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
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Genetic testing market solutions have the ability to find maternal
A recent research study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that non-invasive prenatal genetic tests that ... «Companiesandmarkets.com, Jul 15»
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Zambo City dedicates new clinic to high-risk maternal cases
Women about to give birth in Zamboanga City stand to benefit from a newly opened maternal clinic that seeks to bring down the incidence of ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
10
Irene Gleeson maternal centre commissioned
Irenes daughter Heidi Tombs (right) helped by friends to irrigate a plant she planted infront of the Maternal Centre. In a black suit is Okello ... «New Vision, Jul 15»

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