Phrase guide

maternity hospital

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A hospital that provides assistance during childbirth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hospital, infirmary

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geboortekliniek — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Arabic: مُسْتَشْفَى وِلَادَة (mustašfā wilāda) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Azerbaijani: doğum evi — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Belarusian: радзі́льны дом (radzílʹny dom) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Belarusian: раддо́м (raddóm) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Belarusian: радзі́лка (radzílka) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產科醫院 /产科医院 (chǎnkē yīyuàn) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產院 /产院 (chǎnyuàn) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Czech: porodnice — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Danish: fødeklinik — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Estonian: sünnitushaigla — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Faroese: føðingarstova — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Finnish: synnytyssairaala — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Finnish: synnytyslaitos — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • French: maternité — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • German: Entbindungsanstalt — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Hungarian: szülészet — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Icelandic: fæðingarheimili — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Kazakh: перзентхана (perzentxana) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Korean: 산원 (sanwon) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Kyrgyz: төрөт үйү (töröt üyü) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Malay: hospital bersalin — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mødrehjem — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Persian: بیمارستان زایمان (bimârestân-e zâymân) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Persian: زایشگاه (zâyešgâh) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Polish: klinika położnicza — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Romanian: maternitate — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Romanian: casă de nașteri — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Russian: роди́льный дом (rodílʹnyj dom) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Russian: роддо́м (roddóm) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Russian: роди́лка (rodílka) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Slovak: pôrodníca — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Turkish: doğum evi — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Turkish: doğumhane — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Turkmen: bäbekhana — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Ukrainian: полого́вий буди́нок (polohóvyj budýnok) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth
  • Ukrainian: роди́льний буди́нок (rodýlʹnyj budýnok) — a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth