"maternity leave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maternity leaves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maternity leave (countable and uncountable, plural maternity leaves)
  1. A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby. Wikipedia link: parental leave Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pregnancy Derived forms: mat leave Translations (leave of absence): kraamverlof (Afrikaans), отпуск по майчинство (otpusk po majčinstvo) (Bulgarian), မီးဖွားခွင့် (mi:hpwa:hkwang.) (Burmese), 產假 (Chinese Mandarin), 产假 (chǎnjià) (Chinese Mandarin), 育嬰假 (Chinese Mandarin), 育婴假 (yùyīngjià) (Chinese Mandarin), mateřská dovolená [feminine] (Czech), barsel [common-gender] (Danish), zwangerschapsverlof (Dutch), moederschapsrust [Belgium, feminine, masculine] (Dutch), barnsburðarfarloyvi [neuter] (Faroese), äitiysvapaa (Finnish), congé de maternité (French), Mutterschaftsurlaub [masculine] (German), Mutterschutz [masculine] (German), Erziehungsurlaub [masculine] (German), άδεια μητρότητας (ádeia mitrótitas) [feminine] (Greek), άδεια εγκυμοσύνης (ádeia egkymosýnis) [feminine] (Greek), cuti hamil (Indonesian), 育児休業 (ikuji kyūgyō) (alt: いくじきゅうぎょう) (Japanese), 産休 (sankyū) (alt: さんきゅう) (Japanese), urlop macierzyński [masculine] (Polish), licença-maternidade [feminine] (Portuguese), декре́тный о́тпуск (dekrétnyj ótpusk) [masculine] (Russian), о́тпуск по бере́менности и ро́дам (ótpusk po berémennosti i ródam) [masculine] (Russian), permiso de maternidad [masculine] (Spanish), moderskapsledighet (Swedish), analık izni (Turkish), doğum izni (Turkish)

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      "sense": "leave of absence",
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      "word": "άδεια μητρότητας"
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