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breastfeeding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From breast + feeding.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
  2. (countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

Forms

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Coordinates

bottlefeeding

Deriveds

brelfie

Hypernyms

feeding · nursing

Synonyms

breastfeed

Translations (45)

nn amming (activity) · gu સ્તનપાન (activity) · sh dojenje (activity) · uk годування грудьми (activity) · id menetek (activity) · ka ძუძუთი კვება (activity) · mnw မိဂမဴတှ် (activity) · fi imetys (activity) · ca alletament (activity) · de Stillen (activity) · bg къ́рмене (activity) · ar رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة (activity) · hi स्तनपान (activity) · ja 授乳 (activity) · unm nuneyëweokàn (activity) · fi rintaruokinta (activity) · fr allaitement (activity) · ca lactància (activity) · cmn 哺乳 (activity) · nl borstvoeding (activity) · id menyusui (activity) · tl pagpapasuso (activity) · es lactancia (activity) · la nūtrīcātus (activity) · ms penyusuan (activity) · sv amning (activity) · uk грудне́ вигодо́вування (activity) · it allattamento (activity) · ka ძუძუს წოვება (activity) · pl karmienie piersią (activity) · es amamantamiento (activity) · mk доење (activity) · bn স্তন্যপান (activity) · pt amamentação (activity) · nb amming (activity) · ru грудно́е вска́рмливание (activity) · pt aleitamento (activity) · fa شیردهی (activity) · cs kojení (activity) · cmn 母乳餵養 /母乳喂养 (activity) · ru кормле́ние гру́дью (activity) · ja 母乳栄養 (activity) · tl pag-ut-ot (activity) · cmn 餵奶 /喂奶 (activity) · mi whakangote (activity)

breastfeeding en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From breast + feeding.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of breastfeed
    form of breastfeed