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1. (adj.) maternal
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother.
2. maternal
related through a mother:
his maternal aunt.
3. maternal
derived or inherited from a mother.
Etymology: (1475–85; < ML māternālis= L mātern(us) (mātermother1+-nus adj. suffix) +-ālis -al1)
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| Definition of 'maternal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) maternal
characteristic of a mother
"warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
2. (adj) maternal
relating to or derived from one's mother
"maternal genes"
3. (adj) parental, maternal, paternal
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
"parental guidance"
4. (adj) enate, enatic, maternal(p)
related on the mother's side
"my maternal grandmother"
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| Definition of 'maternal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) maternal
of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness
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Sense: of or like a mother
maternal feelings.
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 Afrikaans: moederlik |
 Arabic: أمّي، كشُعور الأم |
 Bulgarian: майчински |
 Brazilian: maternal |
 Czech: mateřský |
 German: mütterlich |
 Danish: moderlig |
 Greek: μητρικός |
 Spanish: maternal |
 Estonian: ema-, emalik |
 Farsi: مادرانه |
 Finnish: äidillinen |
 French: maternel |
 Hebrew: אִימָהִי |
 Hindi: मां जैसा, मातृत्व |
 Croatian: majčinski |
 Hungarian: anyai |
 Indonesian: keibuan |
 Icelandic: móður- |
 Italian: materno |
 Japanese: 母の |
 Korean: 어머니의 |
 Lithuanian: motinos, motiniškas |
 Latvian: mātes- |
 Malay: keibuan |
 Dutch: moederlijk |
 Norwegian: moderlig, mors- |
 Polish: macierzyński |
 Persian: مادرانه |
 Pashto: د مور غوندى |
 Portuguese: maternal |
 Romanian: matern |
 Russian: материнский |
 Slovak: materinský |
 Slovenian: materinski |
 Serbian: materinski |
 Swedish: moderlig, moders- |
 Thai: ซึ่งมีลักษณะเหมือนมารดา |
 Turkish: anneliğe ait, anne |
 Taiwanese: 母親的，母性的 |
 Ukrainian: материнський |
 Urdu: ماں جیسا |
 Vietnamese: thuộc mẹ |
 Chinese: 母亲的 |
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