English Explanatory Dictionary

primipara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
  2. A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/ /ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpɹə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-primipara.wav /pɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/ En-US primipara.ogg

Word forms

primipara primiparas primiparae

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”), from prīmus (“first”) + parere (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.

Synonyms

primigravid primigravida primip

Antonyms

multigravid multigravida multip multipara

Related words

multip multipara multiparity nullipara nulliparity primigravid primigravida primigravidity primigravity quadripara quadriparous secundipara

Derived words

primip primiparity primiparous
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