English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
baby shower (in the sense of being showered with gifts), perhaps influenced by bridal shower.
baby shower (plural baby showers)
- A party celebrating the pending or recent birth of a child, involving guests giving gifts (typically babycare items) to the parent(s).
Translations[edit]
party
- Arabic: حَفْل قُدُوم المَوْلُود المُنْتَظِر m (ḥafl qudūm al-mawlūd al-muntaẓir)
- Catalan: festa de naixement, festa prenatal
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嬰兒沐浴／婴儿沐浴 (yīng'ér mùyù) (calque of English)
- Finnish: vauvakutsut, baby shower
- French: fête prénatale f, baby shower (fr) m
- German: Babyparty f, Baby Shower f
- Hindi: गोद भराई (god bharāī)
- Hungarian: babaváró parti, babaköszöntő
- Japanese: ベビーシャワー (bebī shawā)
- Kannada: ಸೀಮಂತ (kn) (sīmanta)
- Macedonian: повојница f (povojnica)
- Malay: rai bayi
- Malayalam: സീമന്തം (ml) (sīmantaṁ)
- Portuguese: chá de bebê
- Russian: бе́би-ша́уэр m (bɛ́bi-šáuer) (US, various spellings exist), пра́здник для бу́дущей ма́мы m (prázdnik dlja búduščej mámy)
- Serbo-Croatian: darivanje djeteta n
- Spanish: baby shower (es) m, fiesta de pañales f (Argenitina)
- Tamil: வளைகாப்பு (ta) (vaḷaikāppu), சீமந்தம் (ta) (cīmantam)
- Telugu: సీమంతం (te) (sīmantaṁ)
- Tulu: ಬಯಕ್ಕೆ (bayakke), ಬಯಕೆ (bayake)
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Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˌbeibi ˈʃaweɾ/ [ˌbei̯.β̞i ˈʃa.weɾ]
baby shower m (plural baby showers)
- baby shower
