pregnancy

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Etymology

From pregnant +‎ -cy.

Noun

pregnancy (plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant.
2. The period of time this condition prevails.
3. (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Synonyms

• gestation
• gravidity

Related terms

• pregnant

Translations

condition

Albanian: barrë (sq) Ancient Greek: κύησις (kyēsis) f. Arabic: حمل (ar) (Haml) m. Armenian: հղիություն (hġiut’yun) Old Armenian: յղութիւն (yłutʿiwn) Azerbaijani: hamiləlik Basque: haurduntza (eu) Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (bn) Bosnian: trudnoća f., bremenitost f. Bulgarian: бременност (bremennost) Chinese: Mandarin: 懷孕 (cmn), 怀孕 (cmn) (huáiyùn) Croatian: trudnoća f., bremenitost f. Czech: těhotenství (cs) n. Dutch: zwangerschap (nl) f. Esperanto: gravedeco (eo) Estonian: rasedus Ewe: fufɔfɔ Finnish: raskaus (fi) French: grossesse (fr) f., gestation (fr) f. Georgian: ორსულობა (orsuloba) German: Schwangerschaft (de) f. Greek: εγκυμοσύνη (el) (egkymosýni) f., κύηση (el) (kýisi) f., κυοφορία (el) (kyoforía) f. Hebrew: היריון (he) (herayón) m. Hungarian: terhesség (hu) Indonesian: kehamilan (id) Italian: gravidanza (it) f.

Japanese: 妊娠 (ja) (にんしん, ninshin) Korean: 임신 (ko) (imsin) (妊娠 (ko)) Latin: graviditās (la) f., gravitas (la) f. Latvian: grūtniecība Malayalam: ഗര്‍ഭം (ml) (gharbham) Norwegian: svangerskap Persian: آبستنی (fa) (âbestani) Polish: brzemienność f., ciąża (pl) f. Portuguese: gravidez (pt) f. Romanian: graviditate Russian: беременность (ru) (berémennost’) f. Scottish Gaelic: leatrom m., leatromachd f., torraicheas m. Serbian: Cyrillic: трудноћа f., бременитост f. Roman: trudnoća f., bremenitost f. Slovak: tehotenstvo n. Spanish: embarazo (es) m. Swahili: mimba (nc 9/10) Swedish: graviditet (sv) c. Thai: การตั้งครรภ์ (th) Turkish: hamilelik (tr) Ukrainian: вагітність (vahítnist’) f. Uyghur: bala sizip Vietnamese: sự có thai (vi) Welsh: beichiogiad West Frisian: swierwêzen (fy) Yiddish: טראָגעדיקייט (trogedikeyt) f.

period of time

Finnish: raskausaika (fi)

progression from conception to birth

Basque: haurdunaldi (eu) Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (bn) Finnish: raskaus (fi), sikiönkehitys (fi)

French: gestation (fr) f. Greek: κύηση (el) (kýisi) f. Latin: praegnātiō (la) f.

See also

• with child