pregnancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
  2. The period of time this condition prevails.
  3. The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pregnancy.wav

Word forms

pregnancy pregnancies

Etymology

From pregnant + -cy.

Translations

Afrikaans: swangerskap Albanian: shtatzënësi Albanian: barrë Arabic: حَمْل Armenian: հղիություն Old Armenian: յղութիւն Asturian: embaranzu Asturian: preñáu Azerbaijani: hamiləlik Bangi: zemi Bashkir: йөклөлөк Basque: haurduntza Belarusian: цяжа́рнасць Belarusian: чарава́тасць Belarusian: бярэ́меннасць Bengali: গর্ভধারণ Central Bikol: ngidam Bulgarian: бре́менност Burmese: ဓမ္မတာဝန် Burmese: ပဋိသန္ဓေ Burmese: သန္ဓေ Burmese: ကိုယ်ဝန် Catalan: embaràs Catalan: prenyat Chinese Cantonese: 懷孕 /怀孕 Chinese Cantonese: 妊娠 Chinese Cantonese: 懷胎 /怀胎 Chinese: 懷孕 /怀孕 Chinese: 懷胎 /怀胎 Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕 /怀孕 Chinese Mandarin: 妊娠 Chinese Mandarin: 懷胎 /怀胎 Crimean Tatar: ağırayaqlılıq Crimean Tatar: yüklülik Crimean Tatar: hamilelik Czech: těhotenství Czech: gravidita Danish: graviditet Danish: svangerskab Dutch: zwangerschap Esperanto: gravedeco Estonian: rasedus Ewe: fufɔfɔ Faroese: viðgongutíð Finnish: raskaus Finnish: tiineys French: grossesse French: gestation West-Frisian: swierwêzen Galician: embarazo Galician: preñazo Galician: preñez Georgian: ორსულობა Georgian: ფეხმძიმობა Georgian: მაკეობა German: Schwangerschaft Greek: εγκυμοσύνη Ancient Greek: κύησις Hawaiian: hapaina Hawaiian: kauhua Hebrew: היריון \ הֵרָיוֹן Hindi: गर्भावस्था Hungarian: terhesség Icelandic: meðganga
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