pregnant
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
- Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
- Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
- Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
- Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
noun
- A pregnant person.
adj
- Compelling; clear, evident.
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
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/ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/
Word forms
pregnant
more pregnant
most pregnant
prægnant
pregnaunt
pregnants
Etymology
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
Synonyms
expecting
expecting a baby
expectant
gravid
with child
fertilized
gone
eating for two
having a bun in the oven
in the family way
knocked up
preggers
up the duff
up the spout
in an interesting condition
big
carrying
child-great
delicate
enceinte
full
gestating
great
have a bun in the oven
heavy
hormonal
in a family way
in the club
in the pudding club
preg
pregs
preggie
preggo
pregnant
pupped
quick
up the kyte
up the stick
up the stump
meaningful
significant
Antonyms
Related words
Derived words
barefoot and pregnant
big pregnant
eggnant
fall pregnant
impregnant
I'm pregnant
midpregnant
negative pregnant
nonpregnant
preggie
preggy
pregnant and barefoot
pregnant chad
pregnant construction
pregnant denial
pregnantly
pregnantness
pregnant pause
pregnant woman
pregnercise
Premarin
prepregnant
pseudopregnant
unpregnant
you can't be half pregnant
Translations
Afrikaans: swanger
Aghwan: 𐕇𐔰𐔾𐔰𐔺
Albanian: shtatzënë
Ao: mashisa (Chungli)
Arabic: حَامِل
Arabic: حَوامِلُ
Arabic: حُبْلَى
Arabic: حبلي
Cypriot Arabic: xuple
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܛܝܼܢܵܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܛܝܼܢܬܵܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܩܘܼܪܬܵܐ
Armenian: հղի
Old Armenian: յղի
Old Armenian: յղացեալ
Old Armenian: սաղմնառեալ
Asturian: preñada
Avar: къинай
Azerbaijani: boylu
Azerbaijani: hamilə
Azerbaijani: ikicanlı
Bashkir: ауырлы
Bashkir: йөклө
Bashkir: ауыр аяҡлы
Bashkir: ауырға уҙған
Bashkir: буйға уҙған
Basque: haurdun
Belarusian: цяжа́рны
Belarusian: чарава́ты
Belarusian: бярэ́менны
Bengali: গর্ভবতী
Central Bikol: bados
Bulgarian: бре́менен
Bulgarian: тру́ден
Burmese: ကိုယ်ဝန်ရှိ
Burmese: ဗိုက်ကြီး
Catalan: embarassat
Catalan: encinta
Catalan: prenyat
Catalan: gràvid
Cebuano: buros
Chinese Cantonese: 懷孕 /怀孕
Chinese Cantonese: 大肚
Chinese Cantonese: 懷胎 /怀胎
Chinese Cantonese: 有喜
Chinese Cantonese: 有咗
Chinese Cantonese: 有身己
Chinese: 懷胎 /怀胎
Chinese: 有身
Chinese: 病囝
Chinese: 大腹肚
Chinese: 有囡仔
Chinese: 有矣
Chinese: 帶膭 /带𱼏
Chinese: 大肚胿
Chinese: 懷孕 /怀孕
Chinese: 有胎
Chinese: 有身孕
Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕 /怀孕
Chinese Mandarin: 有喜
Chinese Mandarin: 有了
Crimean Tatar: ağırayaqlı
Crimean Tatar: yüklü
Crimean Tatar: hamile
Czech: těhotný
Czech: březí
Dalmatian: prin
Danish: gravid
Danish: svanger
Danish: højgravid
Danish: drægtig
Danish: med barn
Danish: ventende
Danish: frugtsommelig
Dutch: zwanger
Dutch: in verwachting
Dutch: in blijde verwachting
Dutch: in gezegende omstandigheden
Dutch: drachtig
Esperanto: graveda
Estonian: rase
Estonian: tiine
Faroese: við barn
Faroese: upp á vegin
Faroese: tvílívað
Finnish: raskaana oleva
French: enceinte
French: pleine
French: gravide
French: en gestation
West-Frisian: swier
Friulian: gravide
Friulian: incinte
Galician: preñe
Galician: grávido
Galician: encinta
Galician: preñado
Georgian: ფეხმძიმე
Georgian: ორსული
Georgian: მაკე
German: schwanger
German: trächtig
Greek: έγκυος
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