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Word: Maternity
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from French maternité, from Latin maternus, from mater ‘mother’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məˈtəːnɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
motherhood
Short Definition:motherhood
Examples:- she is not a woman with an interest in maternity
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