Mother Nature

English

Proper noun

Mother Nature

1. A personification of nature as woman, emphasizing fertility and fecundity.

   Synonym: Mother Earth

   • 2020 April 28, Thomas L. Friedman, “Is Sweden Doing It Right?”, in New York Times‎:

     But when you’re in a struggle with one of Mother Nature’s challenges — like a virus or a climate change — the goal is not to defeat her. No one can. She’s just chemistry, biology and physics. The goal is to adapt.

Translations

the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman

Catalan: Mare Naturalesa f Dutch: Moeder Natuur f Finnish: luontoäiti French: Mère Nature (fr) f, Dame Nature (fr) f German: Mutter Natur (de) f Hindi: प्रकृती f (prakŕtī) Japanese: 母自然 (ははしぜん, haha-shizen) Portuguese: Mãe Natureza f Spanish: Madre Naturaleza f Swedish: Moder Natur c Tagalog: Inang Kalikasan Turkish: Doğa Ana, Tabiat Ana

Further reading

• Mother Nature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia