maternity leave

English

Noun

maternity leave (countable and uncountable, 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 (yùyīngjià)
Czech: mateřská dovolená f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: zwangerschapsverlof (nl), moederschapsrust (nl) m, f (Belgium)
Faroese: barnsburðarfarloyvi n
Finnish: äitiysvapaa (fi)
French: congé de maternité

German: Mutterschaftsurlaub (de) m, Mutterschutz m, Erziehungsurlaub m
Greek: άδεια μητρότητας f (ádeia mitrótitas), άδεια εγκυμοσύνης f (ádeia egkymosýnis)
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

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