birth

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Pronunciation

• enPR: bû(r)th
  • (UK) IPA: /bɜː(ɹ)θ/, X-SAMPA: /b3:(r)T/
  • (US) IPA: /bɝθ/, X-SAMPA: /b3`T/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
• Homophone: berth

Etymology

From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English gebyrd (rare variant byrþ). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English gebyrd is from prefixed *gaburdiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥tis (compare Latin fors ‘luck’, Old Irish brith), from *bʰer- ‘to carry, bear’. More at bear.

Noun

Wikipedia ^enbirth (countable and uncountable; plural births)

1. (uncountable) The process of childbearing.
2. (countable) An instance of childbirth.
3. (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
4. (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

   He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.

Translations

process of childbearing

• Arabic: ولادة (ar) (wilaada) f, مولد (ar) (máwlid) m, ميلاد (ar) (miilaad) m

  Egyptian Arabic: ميلاد (miilaad) m

• Armenian: ծնունդ (hy) (çnund)
• Breton: ganedigezh (br) f, -ioù pl
• Bulgarian: раждане (bg) (raždane) n
• Catalan: naixença (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出生 (cmn) (chūshēng)

• Czech: porod (cs) m
• Dutch: geboorte (nl) f
• Finnish: synnyttäminen (fi), lisääntyminen (fi)
• French: naissance (fr) f
• Georgian: დაბადება (ka) (dabadeba)
• German: Geburt (de) f
• Greek: γέννα (el) (génna) f, τοκετός (el) (toketós) m
• Hebrew: לידה (he) (leida) f
• Hindi: जन्म (hi) (janma) m
• Hungarian: szülés (hu)
• Icelandic: fæðing (is) f, hingaðburður (is) m
• Italian: nascita (it) f, parto (it) m
• Japanese: 出産 (ja) (しゅっさん, shussan)
• Korean: 출생 (ko) (chulsaeng) (出生 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: له‌دایکبوون

• Kyrgyz: төрөт (ky) (töröt), төрөлүш (ky) (törölüş), туулуш (ky) (tuuluş), төрөлүү (ky) (törölüü), туулуу (ky) (tuuluu), тууш (ky) (tuuş), пайда болуу (ky) (payda boluu), тек (ky) (tek), ата тек (ky) (ata tek), тек (ky) (tek), келип чыгышы (ky) (kelip çıgışı), булак (ky) (bulak)
• Latin: nascentia (la) f, nativitas (la) f
• Latvian: dzemdēšana (lv); dzemdības (lv)
• Lithuanian: gimdymas (lt) m
• Macedonian: породување (mk) (porodúvanje) n, раѓање (mk) (ráǵanje) n
• Malayalam: ജനനം (ml) (jananam)
• Maori: whānautanga (mi)
• Persian: تولد (fa) (tavalod)
• Portuguese: nascimento (pt)
• Romanian: naștere (ro) f
• Russian: роды (ru) (ródy) m pl, рождение (ru) (roždénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: rođenje (sh), rožastvo (sh) (arch.)
• Slovene: rojstvo (sl) n, porod (sl) m
• Spanish: nacimiento (es) m
• Swahili: zaa (sw)
• Swedish: födelse (sv) c
• Telugu: గర్భిణి (te) (garbhini)
• Tocharian A: cmol
• Tocharian B: camel
• Urdu: تولد (ur) (tavallud) m
• Vietnamese: (sự) sinh đẻ
• Walloon: skepiaedje (wa) m, vinowe å monde (wa) f
• Welsh: genedigaeth (cy) f
• West Frisian: berte (fy)

instance of childbirth

• Armenian: ծնունդ (hy) (çnund)
• Bulgarian: раждане (bg) (raždane) n
• Catalan: part (ca) m
• Czech: narození (cs) n
• Dutch: bevalling (nl) f
• Esperanto: naskiĝo (eo)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τοκετός (toketos)

  Modern: γέννα (el) (génna) f, τοκετός (el) (toketós) m

• Hebrew: לידה (he) (leida) f

• Interlingua: nascentia (ia)
• Latin: nascentia (la), nativitas (la) f
• Lithuanian: gimimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: породување (mk) (porodúvanje) n, раѓање (mk) (ráǵanje) n
• Maori: whānautanga (mi)
• Persian: تولد (fa) (tavalod)
• Russian: рождение (ru) (roždénije) n
• Swahili: zaliwa (sw)
• Telugu: జన్మించుట (te) (janmimcuta)
• Urdu: تولد (ur) (tavallud) m

beginning or start; a point of origin

• Arabic: ولادة (ar) (wilāda) f, بداية (ar) f
• Armenian: սկիզբ (hy) (skizb)
• Breton: ganedigezh (br) f, -ioù pl
• Bulgarian: начало (bg) (načalo) n
• Catalan: part (ca) m, naixença (ca) f
• Chinese: 誕生 (dànshēng)
• Czech: zrod (cs) m
• Dutch: geboorte (nl) f
• Finnish: alku (fi), syntymä (fi)
• German: Geburt (de) f
• Greek: γέννηση (el) (génnisi) f
• Interlingua: nascentia (ia)
• Italian: nascita (it) f

• Japanese: 誕生 (たんじょう, tanjō)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌ره‌تا, له‌دایکبوون

• Latin: orīgo (la) f
• Macedonian: раѓање (mk) (ráǵanje) n, зародиш (mk) (zárodiš) m
• Maori: tīmatanga (mi)
• Romanian: origine (ro) f, început (ro) n
• Slovene: rojstvo (sl) n
• Swahili: zaliw (sw)
• Swedish: början (sv) c
• Telugu: వంశము (te)
• Vietnamese: đầu, sự ra đời

circumstances of one's background

• Armenian: ծնունդ (hy) (çnund)
• Bulgarian: произход (bg) (proizhod) m, потекло (bg) (poteklo) n
• Catalan: naixença (ca) f
• Czech: původ (cs) m
• Dutch: afkomst (nl) f
• Finnish: syntyperä (fi), suku (fi), sukujuuri (fi)
• Greek: καταγωγή (el) (katagogí) f

• Hungarian: származás (hu)
• Italian: nascita (it) f
• Japanese: 出生 (しゅっしょう, shusshō)
• Macedonian: потекло (mk) (póteklo) n, род (mk) (rod) m
• Swahili: zaliwa (sw)
• Vietnamese: dòng dõi (vi), gốc (vi)

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• Ido: nasko
• Indonesian: kelahiran
• Latin: nativitas f

• Sindhi: پيدائِش (pedaaish) f, ڄَمُ (jjamu) m, جَنَمُ (janam) m
• Telugu: పుట్టుక, జన్మ

Related terms

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Adjective

birth (not comparable)

1. A familial relationship established by childbirth.

   Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

Synonyms

• biological
• blood
• consanguineous

Verb

birth (third-person singular simple present births, present participle birthing, simple past and past participle birthed)

1. (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
   • 1939, Sidney Howard, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Gone with the Wind (film)

     "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!"

2. (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
   • 2006, R. Bruce Hull, Infinite Nature, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226359441, page 156:

     Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.

Usage notes

• The phrase give birth (to) is much more common, especially in literal use.

Translations

to give birth (to)

• Arabic: ولد (wálada), وضع (wáDa3a)
• Breton: engehentañ (1), genel radical gan- (2)
• Bulgarian: раждам (bg) (raždam)
• Czech: porodit (cs)
• Dutch: baren (nl)
• Finnish: synnyttää (fi)
• French: accoucher (fr)
• Georgian: დაბადება (ka) (dabadeba)
• Greek: γεννώ (yeno)
• Guaraní: eñõi (t-) (1)
• Hebrew: הוֹלִיד (he) (holíd) (also used of men)
• Ido: akushar
• Interlingua: nascentia (1,2,3)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: مناڵبوون

• Latin: pario (la)
• Macedonian: раѓа (mk) (ráǵa)
• Portuguese: dar à luz (pt)
• Romanian: naștere f
• Slovene: roditi (sl)
• Swahili: kuzaa
• Swedish: föda (sv)
• Telugu: కను, ప్రసవించు
• Tupinambá: 'ara (1), 'araba (3)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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Albanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mer 'to plait, bind; rope. The meaning of 'son, little boy' is a -th lengthening of bir 'son'.

Noun

birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)

1. pimp
2. son, little boy

Related terms

• mbërthej
• birq