Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - maternal
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Maternal
maternal
~ adj 1 typical of the way a good mother behaves or feels (I'm not maternal enough to have kids. | She kept a maternal eye on them all. | maternal instincts (=the desire to have babies and take care of them)) 2 only before noun of a mother or connected with being a mother (the relationship between maternal age and infant mortality) 3 maternal grandfather/aunt etc your mother's father, sister etc (- compare paternal) - maternally adv
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1. Maternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother towards her child. She had little maternal instinct... Her feelings towards him were almost maternal. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Maternal is used to describe things that relate to the mother of a baby. Maternal smoking can damage the unborn child. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A maternal relative is one who is related through a person’s mother rather than their father. Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French maternel, from Medieval Latin ~is, from Latin maternus, from mater mother — more at mother Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother ; motherly 2. a. related through a mother his ~ aunt b. inherited or derived from the female parent ~ genes • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 of or like a mother. 2 motherly. 3 related through the mother (maternal uncle). 4 of the mother in pregnancy and childbirth. Derivatives maternalism n. maternalistic adj. maternally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF maternel or L maternus f. mater mother ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. материнский, свойственный матери the maternal instinct —- материнский инстинкт 2. с материнской стороны, по материнской линии; принадлежащий матери maternal grandfather —- дедушка с материнской стороны (со стороны матери, по матери) maternal inheritance —- наследство, оставшееся после матери maternal property —- имущество матери ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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uncle дядя по матери MATERNAL adj. 1) материнский 2) с материнской стороны; - maternal uncle ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1481, from M.Fr. maternal, from V.L. *maternalis, from L. maternus "maternal," from mater "mother." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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