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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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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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. New York:

   Expanding the role of these two crucial initiatives is essential to recovering from COVID and addressing the inequities that already existed in maternal health, especially in communities of color.

2. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff:

   I think that as a mother, those maternal instincts in her were set off and she did care.

3. Florence Brown:

   But when we see an association between maternal higher( blood sugar) in pregnancy and worse offspring academic achievement we can not say that there is cause and effect, while the authors try to adjust for the effect of parental education on child educational performance, there may be other factors that influence offspring academic achievement.

4. Chasity Jennings-Nuñez:

   In terms of maternal mortality, it continues to highlight those structural and systemic problems that we saw so clearly during the Covid-19 pandemic, so in terms of issues of racial health inequities, of structural racism and bias, of access to health care, all of those factors that we know have played a role in terms of maternal mortality in the past continue to play a role in maternal mortality.

5. Laura Veltz:

   Watching her become a mother has been its own friendship high for me, even some of the straight up love songs that we wrote, you can still feel this sort of maternal long game approach to life and love.

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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