Mother's Day

English thumb|250px|upright|"Happy Mother's Day!" written on a cake. Alternative forms en Mothers' Day, en Mothers Day common misspellings or international variants, e.g. in France Etymology From Anna Jarvis's campaign in the early 20th century, which insisted on using a singular spelling in order to associate the day with observants' particular mothers. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mother's Day.wav Southern England Noun Mother's Day en US Canada Philippines A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada. en UK _ & _ Ireland informal en Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, a moveable feast three weeks before Easter, used as a day in honor of mothers in some Commonwealth countries. Other similar holidays honoring mothers or one's mother in various countries. Translations a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day Afrikaans: af Moedersdag Arabic: ar عِيد اَلْأُمّ m Catalan: ca Dia de la Mare m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 母親節 mou5 can1 zit3 Mandarin: cmn 母親節 mǔqīnjié Dutch: nl Moederdag m Estonian: et emadepäev Finnish: fi äitienpäivä French: fr fête des Mères f Galician: gl día da nai German: de Muttertag m Hindi: hi Hungarian: hu anyák napja Indonesian: id Hari Ibu Italian: it festa della mamma f Japanese: ja 母の日 ははのひ, haha-no hi, ja マザーズデー mazāzudē Kannada: kn ತಾಯಂದಿರ ದಿನ Korean: ko 어머니의 날 Malayalam: ml മാതൃദിനം Marathi: mr मातृदिन n Navajo: nv Amá Bééhániih Norman: nrf Fête des Méthes f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb morsdag m Nynorsk: nn morsdag m Persian: fa روز مادر ruz-e mâdar Polish: pl Dzień Matki m Portuguese: pt Dia das Mães m Brazil Russian: ru День ма́тери m Samoan: sm Aso Sā o Tinā Scottish Gaelic: gd Là nam Màthraichean m Spanish: es Día de la Madre m Swahili: sw Siku ya Mama Swedish: sv mors dag Tagalog: tl Araw ng mga Ina Tamil: ta அன்னையர் நாள் Tokelauan: tkl Aho o Mātua Turkish: tr Anneler Günü Vietnamese: vi ngày Hiền Mẫu, vi ngày của Mẹ, vi ngày lễ các bà mẹ Yoruba: yo ọjọ́ ìyá See also en Father's Day en Holidays