maternidade
Portuguese, noun/ma.teʁ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
maternidade is spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-I-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maternidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “motherhood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou condição de mãe”.
What does maternidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemotherhood
- 2
femininematernity
- 3
femininematernity hospital (or department in a hospital)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade ou condição de mãe 2. parentesco que une a mãe ao filho 3. estabelecimento ou ala hospitalar para assistência de mulheres no período pré-natal e/ou para cirurgias de caráter obstétrico
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 maternidade
- maternidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maternidade?
- Brazil /ma.teʁ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [ma.teɦ.niˈda.d͡ʒi]
- /ma.teɾ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maternidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maternidade in Portuguese?
maternidade appears 7.6 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).