Definitions for maternal
məˈtɜr nlma·ter·nal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maternaladjective

   characteristic of a mother

   "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers

2. maternaladjective

   relating to or derived from one's mother

   "maternal genes"

3. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

4. enate, enatic, maternal(p)adjective

   related on the mother's side

   "my maternal grandmother"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. maternaladjective

   Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly.

   His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.

2. maternaladjective

   Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

   Toby is my maternal uncle.

3. maternaladjective

   Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

4. Etymology: From maternel or post-Classical maternalis, from maternus, from mater.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maternaladjective

   Motherly; befitting or pertaining to a mother.

   Etymology: materne, Fr. maternus, Lat.

   The babe had all that infant care beguiles,
   And early knew his mother in her smiles:
   At his first aptness the maternal love
   Those rudiments of reason did improve. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maternal

   Maternal refers to anything related to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood, or anything derived from one's mother. It could be used to describe aspects such as love, instincts, genes, or lineage. It can also apply to societal roles or behaviors associated with being a mother.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maternaladjective

   of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Maternal

   ma-tėr′nal, adj. belonging to a mother: motherly.—adv. Mater′nally.—n. Mater′nity, the state, character, or relation of a mother: motherhood: a lying-in hospital. [Fr. maternel (It. maternale)—L. maternus—mater, mother.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maternal

   The innate characteristic of a female human of being, acting and behaving like a responsible, just, fair and loving mother.

   The ladies always have this maternal instinct.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. ramental

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of maternal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of maternal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of maternal in a Sentence

1. Alain Nteff:

   Our mission is really to create a world of mothers who are gifted. A world that is free of maternal and infant death -- a world of gifted moms.

2. Whitney Rice:

   [ People ] may seek unsafe ways of terminating a pregnancy and could have harmful consequences, you also have people who may sort of be forced to continue pregnancies to term and could have a risk of infant health outcomes that include low birth weight, preterm birth, or may have a risk of maternal mortality.

3. Melinda Gates:

   I can go to a specific region and a specific state ... in Mexico and I can look and see exactly how we are doing on maternal health, child health and neonatal deaths, that tells me as a government how to act.

4. Sarah Smith:

   But also we recently started working in partnership with the Department of Health because our state has some maternal health equity issues …, and one of the things we thought would be good is to start training more people to serve as a doula because we saw a lot of women who came through were single moms and they had nobody.

5. Angela Aina:

   There's a real negative narrative around Black women, Black girls and Black motherhood that really drives a lot of the ways in which Black birthing people in general are treated in the health care system, we want change, and we want to see an end to maternal mortality.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maternal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maternal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=maternal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternal
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=maternal