postnatal

English

Etymology

1859, post- +‎ natal.

Adjective

postnatal (not comparable)

1. (of a baby) after being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth
2. (proscribed) (of a mother) after giving birth

Usage notes

In careful usage postnatal refers to the baby, after being born, while the mother, after giving birth, is referred to as postpartum. In casual usage postnatal may be used for both.

Synonyms

• (give birth): postpartum

Antonyms

• prenatal
• (be born): postpartum

Translations

of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth

• Catalan: postpart
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 產後, 产后 (caan² hau⁶)

  Mandarin: 產後 (zh), 产后 (zh) (chǎnhòu)

  Min Nan: 產後, 产后 (sán-āu)

• Czech: poporodní (cs), postnatální
• Estonian: sünnijärgne

• French: postnatal (fr) m, post-natal (fr) m
• German: postnatal (de), postpartal
• Italian: postnatale
• Polish: poporodowy (pl), połogowy (pl)
• Portuguese: pós-natal
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: postnatal

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

postnatal (not comparable)

1. postnatal

Declension

Declension of postnatal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		—	—	—	—
strong declension (without article)	nominative	postnataler	postnatale	postnatales	postnatale
	genitive	postnatalen	postnataler	postnatalen	postnataler
	dative	postnatalem	postnataler	postnatalem	postnatalen
	accusative	postnatalen	postnatale	postnatales	postnatale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der postnatale	die postnatale	das postnatale	die postnatalen
	genitive	des postnatalen	der postnatalen	des postnatalen	der postnatalen
	dative	dem postnatalen	der postnatalen	dem postnatalen	den postnatalen
	accusative	den postnatalen	die postnatale	das postnatale	die postnatalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein postnataler	eine postnatale	ein postnatales	(keine) postnatalen
	genitive	eines postnatalen	einer postnatalen	eines postnatalen	(keiner) postnatalen
	dative	einem postnatalen	einer postnatalen	einem postnatalen	(keinen) postnatalen
	accusative	einen postnatalen	eine postnatale	ein postnatales	(keine) postnatalen

Antonyms

• pränatal

Related terms

• postpartal

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Spanish

Adjective

postnatal (plural postnatales)

1. postnatal