Mother Nature

English

Proper noun

Mother Nature

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

   Synonym: Mother Earth

   • 1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair‎^[1], performed by Tears for Fears:

     Acting on your best behaviour
     Turn your back on Mother Nature
     Everybody wants to rule the world

   • 2020 April 28, Thomas L. Friedman, “Is Sweden Doing It Right?”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     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