maternity
英 [mə'tɜːnɪtɪ]
美 [mə'tɝnəti]
- n. 母性; [産婦人科]産科病院
- 産科のadj.
語源
maternity 母性, 妊娠maternal、motherly、-ity、名詞接尾辞から。比喩的用法。
英語の語源
- maternity (n.)
- 1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women.
例文
- 1. Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave.
- あなたの仕事は産休から戻ってくるまで残ります。
- 2.The boy was born at the city 's maternity hospital.
- この男の子は市婦人病院で生まれました。
- 3. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
- 出生率の低下により産科サービスが削減されます。
- 4.Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
- トロント病院の産室はすべて満室になっています。
- 5.Morisot had experienced maternity herself.
- モリゾーも母だった。
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