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baby boom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A period marked by a signifiant increase in the birth rate.
2. (singular, singular-only) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

Forms

Antonyms

baby bust

Deriveds

gayby boom · baby boomer

Relateds

Generation X · youth bulge

Translations (47)

pt baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · ru демографи́ческий взрыв (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · da babyboom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · no babyboom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · nl geboortegolf (any increase in the birth rate) · ja ベビーブーム (any increase in the birth rate) · no babyboom (any increase in the birth rate) · fr babyboom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · cs populační exploze (any increase in the birth rate) · de Babyboom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · cmn 二戰後生育高峰 /二战后生育高峰 (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · ko 베이비 붐 (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · it incremento delle nascite (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · fi vauvabuumi (any increase in the birth rate) · es explosión de natalidad (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · fr babyboom (any increase in the birth rate) · pt baby boom (any increase in the birth rate) · sv (efterkrigstidens) babyboom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · bg бейби бум (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · ru бэ́би-бу́м (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · sv babyboom (any increase in the birth rate) · ru бэ́би-бу́м (any increase in the birth rate) · fi vauvabuumi (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · hu baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · de hohe Geburtenzahl (any increase in the birth rate) · da babyboom (any increase in the birth rate) · ko 베이비 붐 (any increase in the birth rate) · fi korkea syntyvyys (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · it incremento demografico (any increase in the birth rate) · it incremento demografico (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · it incremento delle nascite (any increase in the birth rate) · de Geburtenwelle (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · fi syntyvyyden nousu (any increase in the birth rate) · hu demográfiai robbanás (any increase in the birth rate) · cmn 戰後嬰兒潮 /战后婴儿潮 (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · ja ベビーブーム (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · ru демографи́ческий взрыв (any increase in the birth rate) · pl baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · nl Babyboom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · cmn 嬰兒潮 /婴儿潮 (any increase in the birth rate) · es explosión de natalidad (any increase in the birth rate) · es baby-boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · es baby-boom (any increase in the birth rate) · pl wyż demograficzny (any increase in the birth rate) · he בייבי בום (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · ko 베이비 붐 세대 (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) · hu népességrobbanás (any increase in the birth rate)