motherhood
English
Etymology
From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mo‧ther‧hood
Noun
motherhood (countable and uncountable, plural motherhoods)
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Translations
state of being a mother
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mothers as a group
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Further reading
motherhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia