"surrogate mother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: surrogate mothers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} surrogate mother (plural surrogate mothers)
  1. A woman who gives birth to a child not her own, with the intent to give that child up to at least one of the biological parents once it is born. Categories (topical): Female, Parents, People Synonyms: surro [informal] Related terms: surrogacy Translations (woman who gives birth to a child not her own): أُمّ بَدِيلَة (ʔumm badīla) [feminine] (Arabic), 代孕母親 (Chinese Mandarin), 代孕母亲 (dàiyùn mǔqīn) (Chinese Mandarin), rugemor [common-gender] (Danish), draagmoeder [feminine] (Dutch), sijaisäiti (Finnish), sijaissynnyttäjä (Finnish), mère porteuse [feminine] (French), Leihmutter [feminine] (German), Ersatzmutter [feminine] (German), αναπληρωματική μητέρα (anapliromatikí mitéra) [feminine] (Greek), אֵם פּוּנְדְקָאִית (em pundeqaít) [feminine] (Hebrew), béranya (Hungarian), madre sostitutiva [feminine] (Italian), 代理母 (alt: だいりぼ, dairibo, だいりはは, dairi-haha) (Japanese), 대리모 (daerimo) (alt: 代理母) (Korean), mater surrogata [feminine] (Latin), surrogatmor [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), surrogatmor [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), surogatka [feminine] (Polish), matka zastępcza [feminine] (Polish), barriga de aluguel [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), barriga de aluguer [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), суррога́тная мать (surrogátnaja matʹ) [feminine] (Russian), madre sustituta [feminine] (Spanish), madre de alquiler [feminine] (Spanish), madre gestante [feminine] (Spanish), surrogatmor (Swedish), taşıyıcı anne (Turkish), thay thế mẹ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-surrogate_mother-en-noun-4RL8ab0e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "code": "de",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anapliromatikí mitéra",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αναπληρωματική μητέρα"
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "אֵם פּוּנְדְקָאִית"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "だいりぼ, dairibo, だいりはは, dairi-haha",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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          "roman": "daerimo",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "word": "대리모"
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "surrogatmor"
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "surrogátnaja matʹ",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "суррога́тная мать"
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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        },
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "word": "surrogatmor"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "word": "taşıyıcı anne"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
          "word": "thay thế mẹ"
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      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "anapliromatikí mitéra",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναπληρωματική μητέρα"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "em pundeqaít",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אֵם פּוּנְדְקָאִית"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "word": "béranya"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "madre sostitutiva"
    },
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      "alt": "だいりぼ, dairibo, だいりはは, dairi-haha",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "word": "代理母"
    },
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      "alt": "代理母",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daerimo",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "word": "대리모"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mater surrogata"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "surrogatmor"
    },
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "surrogatmor"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "surogatka"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "matka zastępcza"
    },
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      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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      "word": "barriga de aluguer"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "surrogátnaja matʹ",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суррога́тная мать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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      "word": "madre sustituta"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "word": "surrogatmor"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
      "word": "taşıyıcı anne"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "woman who gives birth to a child not her own",
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