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French
Etymology
From Latin māternus, from māter (“mother”) with the suffix -el or from Medieval Latin māternālis.
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Adjective
maternel (feminine maternelle, masculine plural maternels, feminine plural maternelles)
- maternal
Dans les îles Moluques une femme ayant décédé lors d’un accouchement est enterrée avec des épingles forcés dans les articulations et un œuf sous le menton ou les aisselles. Ceci est dû à la croyance que les morts volent comme les oiseaux et que les œufs raviveront les instincts maternels, faisant que la morte n’abandonnera pas les œufs et restera donc dans son ancien corps.- In the Maluku Islands, a woman having died during childbirth is interred with pins forced into her joints and an egg under her chin or armpits. This is due to the belief that the dead fly like birds and that the eggs will revive her maternal instincts, causing death not to abandon the eggs and thus remain within its former body.
- native
- langue maternelle ― native language, mother tongue
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Middle French
Etymology
From Latin māternus, from māter (“mother”) with the suffix -el or from Medieval Latin māternālis.
Adjective
maternel m (feminine singular maternelle, masculine plural maternels, feminine plural maternelles)
- maternal (of or relating to mothers or motherhood)