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Definition 2024

maternity_leave

maternity leave

English

Noun

maternity leave ‎(plural maternity leaves)

A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.

Related terms

Translations

leave of absence

Chinese:
Mandarin: 產假 (zh), 产假 (zh) ‎(chǎnjià), 育嬰假, 育婴假 ‎(yùyīngjiǎ)
Czech: mateřská dovolená f
Dutch: zwangerschapsverlof (nl), moederschapsrust (nl) m, f (Belgium)
Finnish: äitiysvapaa
French: congé de maternité
German: Mutterschaftsurlaub (de) m, Mutterschutz m, Erziehungsurlaub m

Greek: άδεια μητρότητας f ‎(ádeia mitrótitas), άδεια εγκυμοσύνης f ‎(ádeia enkymosýnis)
Indonesian: cuti hamil
Japanese: 育児休業 ‎(いくじきゅうぎょう, ikuji kyūgyō), 産休 (ja) ‎(さんきゅう, sankyū)
Polish: urlop macierzyński m
Russian: декре́тный о́тпуск m ‎(dekrétnyj ótpusk), о́тпуск по бере́менности и ро́дам m ‎(ótpusk po berémennosti i ródam)
Swedish: moderskapsledighet