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childbearing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.
   • In these cases, fish intake rates specific to females of childbearing age are most appropriate when assessing exposures to developmental toxicants. 2000, Methodology for deriving ambient water quality criteria for the protection of human health:
   • Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories. 1836, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, England and the English:
2. (figuratively, informal, not-comparable) Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.
   • Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide. 2004, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Stephanie Marston, Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman's Soul: Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and Freedom of Midlife, page 256:

Forms

Deriveds

nonchildbearing

Translations (3)

grc παιδοποιός (Translations) · de gebärfreudig (Translations) · el τεκνοποιητικός (Translations)

childbearing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
   • From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings. 1865, Great Britain. General Register Office, Annual Report ... of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales ..., volumes 26–30, page 243:
   • women of childbearing age

Forms

Translations (7)

es embarazo (the process of giving birth) · ka მშობიარობა (the process of giving birth) · enm childberyng (the process of giving birth) · ru деторожде́ние (the process of giving birth) · ab ахәыҷира́ (the process of giving birth) · el τεκνοποίηση (the process of giving birth) · enm childing (the process of giving birth)