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A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parental leave
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kraamverlof
— leave of absence
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Bulgarian:
отпуск по майчинство
(otpusk po majčinstvo)
— leave of absence
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Burmese:
မီးဖွားခွင့်
(mi:hpwa:hkwang.)
— leave of absence
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Chinese Mandarin:
產假 /产假
(chǎnjià)
— leave of absence
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Chinese Mandarin:
育嬰假 /育婴假
(yùyīngjià)
— leave of absence
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Czech:
mateřská dovolená
— leave of absence
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Danish:
barsel
— leave of absence
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Dutch:
zwangerschapsverlof
— leave of absence
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Dutch:
moederschapsrust
— leave of absence
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Faroese:
barnsburðarfarloyvi
— leave of absence
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Finnish:
äitiysvapaa
— leave of absence
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French:
congé de maternité
— leave of absence
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German:
Mutterschaftsurlaub
— leave of absence
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German:
Mutterschutz
— leave of absence
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German:
Erziehungsurlaub
— leave of absence
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Greek:
άδεια μητρότητας
(ádeia mitrótitas)
— leave of absence
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Greek:
άδεια εγκυμοσύνης
(ádeia egkymosýnis)
— leave of absence
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Indonesian:
cuti hamil
— leave of absence
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Japanese:
育児休業
(ikuji kyūgyō)
— leave of absence
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Japanese:
産休
(sankyū)
— leave of absence
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Malay:
cuti bersalin
— leave of absence
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Polish:
urlop macierzyński
— leave of absence
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Portuguese:
licença-maternidade
— leave of absence
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Russian:
декре́тный о́тпуск
(dekrétnyj ótpusk)
— leave of absence
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Russian:
о́тпуск по бере́менности и ро́дам
(ótpusk po berémennosti i ródam)
— leave of absence
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Spanish:
permiso de maternidad
— leave of absence
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Spanish:
excedencia maternal
— leave of absence
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Spanish:
diábetes materna
— leave of absence
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Swedish:
moderskapsledighet
— leave of absence
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Turkish:
analık izni
— leave of absence
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Turkish:
doğum izni
— leave of absence