maternal
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3.7
- adjective
- /məˈtɜrnəl/
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materno
- My family on my maternal side is from Athens.
- maternal grandmother
- maternal uncle
- maternal aunt
My maternal grandparents I don't know very much about.
- My maternal grandparents I don't know very much about.
- I think the first time they flew by themselves, they flew up to Seattle to see their maternal grandmother, Noni.
- My my maternal grandmother is from, I think she is Glasgow Tekken ancestry.
Examples
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I think the first time they flew by themselves, they flew up to Seattle to see their maternal grandmother, Noni.
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Your Honor, my client, Mrs. Adler is the maternal grandmother of the child.
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My maternal uncle helped me.
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My maternal grandmother was Jewish.
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You were orphaned when you were 3 and raised by your maternal uncle, a policeman.
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Connie, I'd like you to meet my maternal grandmother, Mrs. Grace Mundy.
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The young orphan was thereafter raised, initially at least, by her maternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Helena and Ralph Johnson.
Fiction book (1996) -
Here in Maria Chapdelaine, then, the forest is a maternal symbol signaling an emergent mother-daughter conflict.
Academic text (1996) -
My maternal grandmother was Jewish.
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Infertility has run on our maternal side for at least three generations.
Synonyms
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8.5
Family descent and inheritance follow the mother's line
Family descent and inheritance that follow the mother's line
Coming from the mother's side of a family
Related to the mother's side of the family
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An emotional tie between a mother and her baby that starts after birth
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maternal also comes from the Latin root mater, meaning 'mother', so the word is used for things that come from or belong to the mother's side of the family, or for traits you get from your mother.