Mother's Day

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From Anna Jarvis's campaign in the early 20th century, which insisted on using a singular spelling in order to associate the day with observants' particular mothers.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Moedersdag — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Arabic: عِيد اَلْأُمّ (ʕīd al-ʔumm) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Catalan: Dia de la Mare — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Chinese Cantonese: 母親節 /母亲节 (mou5 can1 zit3) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Chinese Mandarin: 母親節 /母亲节 (mǔqīnjié) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Dutch: Moederdag — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Estonian: emadepäev — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Finnish: äitienpäivä — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• French: fête des Mères — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Galician: día da nai — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• German: Muttertag — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Hungarian: anyák napja — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Indonesian: Hari Ibu — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Italian: festa della mamma — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Japanese: 母の日 (haha-no hi) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Japanese: マザーズデー (mazāzudē) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Korean: 어머니의 날 (eomeoniui nal) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Malayalam: മാതൃദിനം (mātr̥dinaṁ) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Navajo: Amá Bééhániih — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Norman: Fête des Méthes — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Norwegian Bokmål: morsdag — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Norwegian Nynorsk: morsdag — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Persian: روز مادر (ruz-e mâdar) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Polish: Dzień Matki — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Portuguese: Dia das Mães — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Russian: День ма́тери (Denʹ máteri) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Samoan: Aso Sā o Tinā — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Scottish Gaelic: Là nam Màthraichean — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Spanish: Día de la Madre — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Swahili: Siku ya Mama — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Swedish: mors dag — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Tagalog: Araw ng mga Ina — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Tamil: அன்னையர் நாள் (aṉṉaiyar nāḷ) — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Tokelauan: Aho o Mātua — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Turkish: Anneler Günü — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Vietnamese: ngày Hiền Mẫu — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Vietnamese: ngày của Mẹ — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Vietnamese: ngày lễ các bà mẹ — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day
• Yoruba: ọjọ́ ìyá — a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day