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childbirth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.
   • The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before. 2001, Ellen Gruenbaum, The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective:
   • Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)

Forms

Antonyms

death

Relateds

maternity ward · birthchild · puerperal · obstetrician · accoucheur · birth

Synonyms

delivery · parturition · labour

Translations (120)

hi जापा (act of giving birth) · sv födsel (act of giving birth) · el τοκετός (act of giving birth) · ro naștere (act of giving birth) · de Geburt (act of giving birth) · grc τοκετός (act of giving birth) · es nacimiento (act of giving birth) · cmn 分娩 (act of giving birth) · az doğum (act of giving birth) · ru ро́ды (act of giving birth) · es alumbramiento (act of giving birth) · mi taunahua (act of giving birth) · zza qeç biyen (act of giving birth) · ang tēam (act of giving birth) · ru рожде́ние (act of giving birth) · ur وَضْعِ حَمْل (act of giving birth) · id partus (act of giving birth) · tg зоиш (act of giving birth) · la partus (act of giving birth) · az doğuş (act of giving birth) · ka მშობიარობა (act of giving birth) · su ᮍᮜᮠᮤᮁᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (act of giving birth) · tr doğurma (act of giving birth) · pt parto (act of giving birth) · tg зоймон (act of giving birth) · sv förlossning (act of giving birth) · de Gebären (act of giving birth) · de Niederkunft (act of giving birth) · cmn 生產 /生产 (act of giving birth) · lt gimdymas (act of giving birth) · grc παιδογονία (act of giving birth) · id persalinan (act of giving birth) · gl parición (act of giving birth) · th การคลอด (act of giving birth) · ar وَضْع (act of giving birth) · de Geburt eines Kindes (act of giving birth) · vec part (act of giving birth) · fa وَضْعِ حَمْل (act of giving birth) · ja 出産 (act of giving birth) · fr parturition (act of giving birth) · te ప్రసవం (act of giving birth) · id kelahiran (act of giving birth) · fa زایِمان (act of giving birth) · sl porod (act of giving birth) · gl nacenza (act of giving birth) · lv dzemdības (act of giving birth) · ml പ്രസവം (act of giving birth) · hu szülés (act of giving birth) · gl parto (act of giving birth) · enm childing (act of giving birth) · mk пораѓање (act of giving birth) · fi synnytys (act of giving birth) · gd tinneas-cloinne (act of giving birth) · is barnsburður (act of giving birth) · sk rodenie (act of giving birth) · grc τόκος (act of giving birth) · ky төрөт (act of giving birth) · la puerperium (act of giving birth) · mi whānautanga (act of giving birth) · ko 해산 (act of giving birth) · ar وِلَادَة (act of giving birth) · gl nacemento (act of giving birth) · he לידה \ לֵדָה (act of giving birth) · sl rojstvo (act of giving birth) · nl bevalling (act of giving birth) · hy ծննդաբերություն (act of giving birth) · bn প্রসব (act of giving birth) · ab аира́ (act of giving birth) · is fæðing (act of giving birth) · id parturisi (act of giving birth) · ga breith clainne (act of giving birth) · uz tugʻish (act of giving birth) · cmn 娩 (act of giving birth) · ja 分娩 (act of giving birth) · ang earfoþe (act of giving birth) · sk pôrod (act of giving birth) · fa وِلادَت (act of giving birth) · it parto (act of giving birth) · da fødsel (act of giving birth) · sh pòrod (act of giving birth) · is barnsfæðing (act of giving birth) · eo akuŝo (act of giving birth) · hi प्रसव (act of giving birth) · kk туу (act of giving birth) · de Parturitio (act of giving birth) · de Partus (act of giving birth) · hi प्रसूति (act of giving birth) · ee vidzidzi (act of giving birth) · ur زَچْگی (act of giving birth) · ko 출산 (act of giving birth) · ar مَخَاض (act of giving birth) · mn төрөлт (act of giving birth) · tg вазъи ҳамл (act of giving birth) · ur وِلادَت (act of giving birth) · de Entbindung (act of giving birth) · sq lindje (act of giving birth) · yi קימפּעט (act of giving birth) · sq lindje fëmije (act of giving birth) · ur جاپا (act of giving birth) · vi sinh con (act of giving birth) · ko 분만 (act of giving birth) · nb fødsel (act of giving birth) · bg ра́ждане (act of giving birth) · pl poród (act of giving birth) · fr accouchement (act of giving birth) · uk ро́ди (act of giving birth) · ug تۇغۇش (act of giving birth) · ro parturiție (act of giving birth) · sh по̀род (act of giving birth) · sh pȍrođāj (act of giving birth) · ja 分身 (act of giving birth) · cs porod (act of giving birth) · et sünnitus (act of giving birth) · fr naissance (act of giving birth) · sh по̏рођа̄ј (act of giving birth) · es parto (act of giving birth) · uk поло́ги (act of giving birth) · be ро́ды (act of giving birth) · el γέννα (act of giving birth) · nb barnefødsel (act of giving birth)

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