maternal
Portuguese, noun/ma.teʁˈnaw/
maternal is spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maternal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a school for young children” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escola que recebe crianças de menos de sete anos”.
What does maternal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinematernal (of or relating to mothers)
noun
- 1
masculinea school for young children
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. próprio ou natural de uma mãe 2. diz-se de escola que recebe crianças de menos de sete anos
noun: 1. escola que recebe crianças de menos de sete anos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maternal
- maternais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maternal?
- Brazil /ma.teʁˈnaw/
- Brazil [ma.teɦˈnaʊ̯]
- /ma.teɾˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maternal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maternal in Portuguese?
maternal appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).