baby boom

See also: babyboom

English

Noun

baby boom (plural baby booms)

1. (demography) A period marked by a signifiant increase in the birth rate.

   Antonym: baby bust

2. (singular only) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

Derived terms

• baby boomer

Translations

post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬰兒潮／婴儿潮 (yīng'ér cháo), 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期／第二次世界大战后生育高峰期 (dì'èr cì shìjiè dàzhàn hòu shēngyù gāofēng qī)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Babyboom
• Finnish: vauvabuumi (fi), korkea syntyvyys
• French: babyboom (fr) m
• German: Babyboom m, Geburtenwelle f
• Hebrew: בייבי בום
• Hungarian: baby boom (hu)
• Italian: incremento delle nascite, incremento demografico
• Japanese: ベビーブーム (ja) (bebībūmu)
• Korean: 베이비 붐 (beibi bum), 베이비 붐 세대 (beibi bum sedae)
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: babyboom (no) m
• Portuguese: baby boom m
• Russian: демографи́ческий взрыв m (demografíčeskij vzryv), бэ́би-бу́м (ru) m (bɛ́bi-búm)
• Spanish: explosión de natalidad f, baby-boom m
• Swedish: (efterkrigstidens) babyboom (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

any increase in the birth rate

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生育高峰期 (shēngyù gāofēng qī)

• Czech: populační exploze f
• Danish: babyboom (da) n
• Dutch: geboortegolf (nl)
• Finnish: vauvabuumi (fi), syntyvyyden nousu
• French: babyboom (fr) m
• German: hohe Geburtenzahl f
• Hungarian: népességrobbanás (hu), demográfiai robbanás
• Italian: incremento delle nascite, incremento demografico
• Japanese: ベビーブーム (ja) (bebībūmu)
• Korean: 베이비 붐 (beibi bum)
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: babyboom (no) m
• Portuguese: baby boom m
• Russian: демографи́ческий взрыв m (demografíčeskij vzryv), бэ́би-бу́м (ru) m (bɛ́bi-búm)
• Spanish: explosión de natalidad f, baby-boom m
• Swedish: babyboom (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Generation X
• youth bulge

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baby-boom

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːm

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.bi ˈbũ/ [ˈbeɪ̯.bi ˈbũ]

Noun

baby boom m (plural baby booms)

1. (historical, singular only) baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964))
2. baby boom (any increase in the birth rate)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bebiˈbum/ [be.β̞iˈβ̞ũm]
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

baby boom m (uncountable)

1. baby boom
   • 2018 September 13, “Beber sangre humana joven sería la clave para vivir más y mejor”, in Clarín‎^[1]:

     A medida que la gran generación del baby boom se acerca a la vejez, debemos encontrar formas de mantener sanos a nuestros ancianos en lugar de simplemente mantenerlos cerca.

     As the great generation of the baby boom approaches old age, we must find ways to keep our elderly people healthy instead of simply keeping them close.

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.