maternal
Meaning of maternal
noun
- A mother.
- A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.
- Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
Toby is my maternal uncle.
- Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
Information about maternal
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of maternal
ma-ter-nal
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- maternal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
maternal synonyms
Meaning parental:
Meaning enate:
maternal antonyms
Meaning :
fatherly, paternal, fetal, foetal
Translation of maternal
- French: maternel
- Spanish: materno, materna
- German: mütterlich
- Italian: materno
Anagrams of maternal
Words that rhyme with maternal
carnal, hypercarnal, tarnal, Avernal, Bernal, Vernal, acromiosternal, anteroexternal, anterointernal, antesternal, asternal, avernal, cavernal, chondrosternal, cisternal, cleidosternal, coeternal, confraternal, contubernal, costosternal, dactylosternal, dorosternal, dorsosternal, ensisternal, entosternal, episternal, eternal, eviternal, external, fetomaternal, firmisternal, fraternal, grandmaternal, grandpaternal, gubernal, hesternal, hibernal, hodiernal, homalosternal, hybernal, hyosternal, hyposternal, infernal, infrasternal, interfraternal, internal, intersternal, intracisternal, intrasternal, latisternal
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