surrogate mother

English

Noun

surrogate mother (plural surrogate mothers)

1. A woman who gives birth to a child with the intent to give this child to at least one of the biological parents (not including herself, if she is one of them)

   Synonym: (informal) surro

Translations

woman who gives birth to a child not her own

• Arabic: أُمّ بَدِيلَة f (ʔumm badīla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代孕母親／代孕母亲 (dàiyùn mǔqīn)

• Danish: rugemor (da) c
• Dutch: draagmoeder (nl) f
• Finnish: sijaisäiti, sijaissynnyttäjä
• French: mère porteuse (fr) f
• German: Leihmutter (de) f, Ersatzmutter f
• Greek: αναπληρωματική μητέρα f (anapliromatikí mitéra)
• Hebrew: אֵם פּוּנְדְקָאִית (he) f (em pundeqaít)
• Hungarian: béranya (hu)
• Italian: madre sostitutiva f
• Japanese: 代理母 (ja) (だいりぼ, dairibo, だいりはは, dairi-haha)
• Korean: 대리모(代理母) (daerimo)
• Latin: mater surrogata f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: surrogatmor m or f

  Nynorsk: surrogatmor f

• Polish: surogatka (pl) f, matka zastępcza f
• Portuguese: barriga de aluguel (pt) f (Brazil), barriga de aluguer (pt) f (Portugal)
• Russian: суррога́тная мать f (surrogátnaja matʹ)
• Spanish: madre sustituta f, madre de alquiler f, madre gestante f
• Swedish: surrogatmor
• Turkish: taşıyıcı anne
• Vietnamese: thay thế mẹ

See also

• surrogacy

Further reading

• surrogacy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia