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maternal

English

  1. 🔊 characteristic of a mother
    “warm maternal affection for her guest”
  2. 🔊 relating to or derived from one's mother
    “maternal genes”
  3. 🔊 relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
    “parental guidance”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 maternal maternal
  2. 🔊 materno maternal

Similar words

parental paternal adoring affectionate ancestorial ancestral caring conjugal demonstrative devoted doting faithful fatherlike fatherly filial fond grandfatherly grandmotherly grandparental husbandly kind kindly languishing lovelorn