afterbirth

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.tɚ.bɚθ/

Noun

afterbirth (plural afterbirths)

1. The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.

Translations

material expelled after childbirth

• Arabic: خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)

  Moroccan Arabic: خلاص (khlaç), سلة (sla) (of cows)

• Armenian: ընկերք (hy) (ənkerkʻ)
• Basque: haurrondokoa botatze
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胞衣 (zh) (bāoyī)

• Danish: efterbyrd (da) c
• Dutch: nageboorte (nl) f
• Finnish: jälkeiset (fi) pl
• French: délivrance (fr) f, arrière-faix (fr)
• German: Nachgeburt (de) f
• Greek: ύστερο (el) n (ýstero)

  Ancient: χόριον n (khórion)

• Icelandic: fósturfylgja f, hildir f pl
• Interlingue:
• Irish: slánú m (human), broghais f (animal), salachar m (animal), streachlán m (animal), beireatas m (animal), bruán m (animal)
• Isthmus Zapotec: doo yoo
• Japanese: 後産 (ja) (あとざん (atozan), こうざん (kōzan), のちざん (nochizan)), 胞衣 (ja) (えな (ena), ほうい (hōi), ほうえ (hōe))
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• Javanese: ari-ari, aruman, bingbing
• Kurdish: ,
• Latvian: placenta f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Nageboort f

• Maori: ewe
• Navajo: awééʼ biyaałáí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etterbyrd m

• Portuguese: secundinas f pl
• Romanian: placentă (ro) f
• Russian: после́д (ru) m (posléd), де́тское ме́сто (ru) n (détskoje mésto)
• Spanish: alumbramiento m
• Swedish: efterbörd c
• Turkish: döl eşi (tr), son (tr), eş (tr), meşime (tr), etene (tr), plasenta (tr)
• Walloon: erî-fa (wa) (people), netieure (wa), pureure (wa), pareure (wa), forbeure (wa), dilive (animals, especially cows and mares)