English Explanatory Dictionary

virgin birth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
  2. (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
  3. Any similar birth of a deity.
  4. Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
  5. Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth.

Word forms

virgin birth virgin births

Etymology

From virgin + birth.

Translations

Danish: jomfrufødsel Faroese: moyggjarburður Finnish: neitseestä syntyminen German: Jungfrauengeburt Icelandic: meyfæðing Japanese: 処女懐胎 Norwegian Bokmål: jomfrufødsel Norwegian Nynorsk: jomfrufødsel Swedish: jungfrufödsel Swedish: jungfrufödelse
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