Dictionary

gestation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• jĕstāshən
• (US) audio
• /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin gestāre Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin gestātiōlbor. English gestation Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
2. (countable, uncountable) The process of development of a plan or idea.
   • It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his. 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 149:

Forms

Deriveds

midgestation · uterogestation · gestational · multigestation · gestation period · pregestation

Synonyms

pregnancy

Translations (70)

ht jestasyon (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · kk буаздық (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sk brezivosť (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · bg бре́менност (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · cs březost (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ka შემუშავება (process of development of a plan or idea) · be цяжа́рнасць (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nb graviditet (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ka მაკეობა (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · pt gestação (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · oc gestacion (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sv graviditet (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nn drektigheit (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ru созрева́ние (process of development of a plan or idea) · scn gistazzioni (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sv dräktighet (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · es gestación (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · pl ciąża (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · gl xestación (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sl nosečnost (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nl gestatie (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sk gravidita (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sh бремѐнито̄ст (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ast xestación (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · hi गर्भावस्था (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ru бере́менность (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nb drektighet (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · el κυοφορία (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · wa poirtêye (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · fi kehittely (process of development of a plan or idea) · eu ernaldi (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ka ორსულობა (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sh гестација (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · pt gestação (process of development of a plan or idea) · sk gestácia (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · cs gravidita (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ca gestació (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · id gestasi (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ka გესტაცია (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · da svangerskab (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nl draagtijd (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sh bremènitōst (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · hu gesztáció (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · da graviditet (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · da drægtighed (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ka გააზრება (process of development of a plan or idea) · uk вагі́тність (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ru вына́шивание (process of development of a plan or idea) · fr gestation (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ru вына́шивание (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ka ფეხმძიმობა (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · eo gravedeco (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nb svangerskap (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ro gestație (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · mr सगर्भता (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · io gravideso (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · de Heranreifen (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sh trudnòća (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ca gestació (process of development of a plan or idea) · izh raskahusaika (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sh gestacija (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · fi raskausaika (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · mk бременост (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · vi thai kì (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nl zwangerschapstijd (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · de Reifung (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · sh трудно̀ћа (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · it gestazione (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · nl drachttijd (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy) · ml ഗർഭകാലം (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)