pregnancy

English

Etymology

From pregnant +‎ -cy.

Noun

pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant.
   • 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]

     News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.

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

Synonyms

• gestation
• gravidity

Related terms

• pregnant

Coordinate terms

• with child

Translations

condition

• Afrikaans: swangerskap
• Albanian: barrë (sq)
• Ancient Greek: κύησις f (kúēsis)
• Arabic: حَمْل m (ḥaml)
• Armenian: հղիություն (hy) (hġiutʻyun)

  Old Armenian: յղութիւն (yłutʻiwn)

• Asturian: embaranzu m, preñáu m
• Azerbaijani: hamiləlik
• Basque: haurduntza
• Belarusian: цяжа́рнасць f (cjažárnascʹ)
• Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon)
• Bikol Central: ngidam
• Bulgarian: бре́менност (bg) f (brémennost)
• Burmese: ဓမ္မတာဝန် (my) (dhamma.tawan), ပဋိသန္ဓေ (pa.ti.sandhe), သန္ဓေ (my) (sandhe), ကိုယ်ဝန် (my) (kuiywan)
• Catalan: embaràs (ca) m, prenyat m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 懷孕／怀孕 (waai⁴ jan⁶), 怀孕 (waai⁴ jan⁶), 妊娠 (jam⁶ san¹), 懷胎／怀胎 (waai⁴ toi¹), 怀胎 (waai⁴ toi¹)

  Mandarin: 懷孕／怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn), 怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn), 妊娠 (zh) (rènshēn), 懷胎／怀胎 (zh) (huáitāi), 怀胎 (zh) (huáitāi)

  Min Nan: 懷孕／怀孕 (zh-min-nan), 怀孕 (zh-min-nan) (hôai-īn, hôai-ūn), 懷胎／怀胎 (zh-min-nan), 怀胎 (hoâi-thai)

• Crimean Tatar: ağırayaqlılıq, yüklülik, hamilelik
• Czech: těhotenství (cs) n
• Danish: graviditet (da) c, svangerskab (da)
• Dutch: zwangerschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: gravedeco
• Estonian: rasedus (et)
• Ewe: fufɔfɔ
• Faroese: viðgongutíð f
• Finnish: raskaus (fi), tiineys
• French: grossesse (fr) f, gestation (fr) f
• Galician: embarazo m, preñazo m, preñez f
• Georgian: ორსულობა (orsuloba), ფეხმძიმობა (pexmʒimoba)
• German: Schwangerschaft (de) f
• Greek: εγκυμοσύνη (el) f (egkymosýni)

  Ancient Greek: κύησις f (kúēsis)

• Hebrew: היריון m (herayón)
• Hindi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)
• Hungarian: terhesség (hu)
• Icelandic: meðganga (is)
• Ilocano: sikog
• Indonesian: kehamilan (id)
• Irish: toircheas
• Italian: gravidanza (it) f
• Japanese: 妊娠 (ja) (にんしん, ninshin)
• Kapampangan: pangabuktut
• Kazakh: жүктілік (kk) (jüktılık), екіқабаттық (ekıqabattyq)
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• Khmer: ដំណើរ មានគភ៌ (dɑmnaə mien koa)
• Korean: 임신 (ko) (imsin) (妊娠 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: жүктүүлүк (jüktüülük), бооздук (ky) (boozduk), кош кабаттуулук (koş kabattuuluk), кош бойлуулук (koş boyluuluk)
• Lao: ພາມານ (phā mān)
• Latin: graviditās f, gravitas f
• Latvian: grūtniecība f
• Lithuanian: nėštumas m
• Macedonian: бременост f (bremenost)
• Malay: kehamilan
• Malayalam: ഗർഭം (gaṟbhaṁ)
• Maltese: tqala
• Maori: kukunetanga (advanced), hapūtanga (general)
• Mongolian: жирэмслэлт (mn) f (žiremslelt)
• Norwegian: svangerskap, graviditet
• Old English: bearnēacnung f
• Persian: حاملگی (fa) (hâmelegi), بارداری (fa) (bârdâri), آبستنی (fa) (âbestani)
• Polish: brzemienność (pl) f, ciąża (pl) f
• Portuguese: gravidez (pt) f, prenhez (pt) f
• Romanian: graviditate (ro) f
• Russian: бере́менность (ru) f (berémennostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: leatrom m, leatromachd f, torraicheas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трудноћа f, бременитост f

  Roman: trudnoća (sh) f, bremenitost (sh) f

• Slovak: tehotenstvo n
• Slovene: nosečnost (sl) f
• Spanish: embarazo (es) m, gravidez (es)
• Swahili: mimba (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: graviditet (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbubuntis, kabuntisan
• Tajik: ҳомилагӣ (homilagī), бордорӣ (bordorī), обистанӣ (tg) (obistanī)
• Telugu: గర్భము (te) (garbhamu)
• Thai: การตั้งครรภ์ (gaan dtâng kan)
• Turkish: hamilelik (tr)
• Turkmen: göwrelilik
• Ukrainian: вагі́тність (uk) f (vahítnistʹ)
• Urdu: حمل (hamal)
• Uyghur: (bala sizip)
• Uzbek: homiladorlik (uz), boʻgʻozlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự có thai
• Volapük: grob (vo)
• Welsh: beichiogiad
• West Frisian: swierwêzen
• Yiddish: טראָגעדיקייט f (trogedikeyt), שוואַנגערשאַפֿט f (shvangershaft)

period of time

• Burmese: ဓမ္မတာကာလ (dhamma.takala.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 懷孕期／怀孕期, 怀孕期 (waai⁴ jan⁶ kei⁴)

  Mandarin: 懷孕期／怀孕期 (zh), 怀孕期 (zh) (huáiyùnqī, huáiyùnqí)

• Finnish: raskausaika (fi), tiineysaika
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• French: grossesse (fr) f
• Latvian: grūtniecība f
• Maori: kukunetanga (advanced), hapūtanga (general)
• Slovak: tehotenstvo

progression from conception to birth

• Basque: haurdunaldi
• Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon)
• Finnish: raskaus (fi), sikiönkehitys
• French: gestation (fr) f
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• Greek: κύηση (el) f (kýisi)
• Latin: praegnātiō f
• Slovak: tehotenstvo

Further reading

• pregnancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia