As a noun maternity
is the state of being a mother; motherhood.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
maternity
English
Noun
The state of being a mother; motherhood.
The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
Synonyms
* (ward) (l)
Antonyms
* (l) (with respect to gender)
Related terms
* (l)
* (l)
* (l), (l)
x
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image=
(
wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
{{Letter
, page=X
, NATO=X-ray
, Morse=–··–
, Character=X
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
----