Meanings
nounmotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural motherhoods)
plural motherhoods
- countableuncountableThe state of being a mother.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
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Origin
- Middle Englishmoderhode
- Englishmotherhood
From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُمُومَة
- أُمُومَة (ʔumūma)state of being a mother
Bulgarian майчинство
- майчинство (majčinstvo)state of being a mother
Catalan maternitat
- maternitatstate of being a mother
Chinese Mandarin 母親身份 /母亲身份, 母性
- 母親身份 /母亲身份 (mǔqīn shēnfèn)state of being a mother
- 母性 (mǔxìng)state of being a mother
- 母親們 /母亲们 (mǔqīnmen)mothers as a group
- 全體母親 /全体母亲 (quántǐ mǔqīn)mothers as a group
- 母親群體 /母亲群体 (mǔqīn qúntǐ)mothers as a group
Czech mateřství
- mateřstvístate of being a mother
Danish moderskab
- moderskabstate of being a mother
Dutch moederschap
- moederschapstate of being a mother
Esperanto patrineco
- patrinecostate of being a mother
Finnish äitiys, äidit
- äitiysstate of being a mother
- äiditmothers as a group
French maternité
- maternitéstate of being a mother
German Mutterschaft, Muttersein
- Mutterschaftstate of being a mother
- Mutterseinstate of being a mother
- Muttertumstate of being a mother
Hindi मातृत्व
- मातृत्व (mātŕtva)state of being a mother
Hungarian anyaság
- anyaságstate of being a mother
Indonesian keibuan
- keibuanstate of being a mother
Korean 모성, 엄마인 것
- 모성 (moseong)state of being a mother
- 엄마인 것 (omma-in geot)state of being a mother
Lithuanian motinystė
- motinystėstate of being a mother
Māori whaeatanga
- whaeatangastate of being a mother
Polish macierzyństwo, matki
- macierzyństwostate of being a mother
- matkimothers as a group
Portuguese maternidade, mães
- maternidadestate of being a mother
- mãesmothers as a group
Russian матери́нство
- матери́нство (materínstvo)state of being a mother
Spanish maternidad
- maternidadstate of being a mother
Swahili umama
- umamastate of being a mother
Swedish moderskap
- moderskapstate of being a mother
Tamil தாய்மை, தாய்மார்
- தாய்மை (tāymai)state of being a mother
- தாய்மார் (tāymār)mothers as a group
Turkish annelik, analık
- annelikstate of being a mother
- analıkstate of being a mother
Welsh mamolaeth
- mamolaethstate of being a mother
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with motherhood
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APA
motherhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motherhood
MLA
“motherhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motherhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motherhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motherhood.
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