pregnant en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, pre-/ɡ/-tensing
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
Etymology
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, women got pregnant and spent nine months in suspense before finding out if they were having a boy or a girl. But today? That waiting game is completely outdated, even quaint.
2017 July 13, Bonnie Rochman, “Mothers-To-Be Aren’t Told Enough About Genetic Testing”, in Time, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
I became pregnant in July 2014.
It suggests that pregnant women should be called pregnant people, presumably on the basis that just perhaps there may be a pregnant man somewhere.
2025 February 19, Christian Wolmar, “Mind your language...”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 34:
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(not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes) Carrying developing offspring within the body. ▸ Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
We are pregnant.
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(comparable) Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
wherein the pregnant enemy does much
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.
2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:a pregnant pause
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(poetic) Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.
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(obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
play at subtill games; faire vertues all; To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- (obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pregnaunt | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more pregnant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| prægnant | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most pregnant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nonpregnant · pseudopregnant · impregnant · unpregnant
Deriveds
Premarin · big pregnant · you can't be half pregnant · pregnercise · unpregnant · fall pregnant · preggy · nonpregnant · preggie · pregnant construction · impregnant · I'm pregnant · pregnant pause · pregnantly · prepregnant · pregnant woman · eggnant · barefoot and pregnant · pregnant denial · pregnant and barefoot · midpregnant · negative pregnant · pseudopregnant · pregnant chad · pregnantness
Hyponyms
with young · the rabbit died · in trouble (carrying developing offspring)
Relateds
Synonyms
in the club · expectant (carrying offspring (standard)) · delicate · great · in the family way (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · up the duff (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · up the spout (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · pregs · up the stump · knocked up (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · up the stick · preggers (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · meaningful (having many possibilities or implications) · hormonal · having a bun in the oven (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · up the kyte · gone (carrying offspring (standard)) · in the pudding club · big · gestating · expecting a baby (carrying offspring (standard)) · quick · have a bun in the oven · pupped · preg · heavy · in an interesting condition (carrying offspring (euphemistic)) · expecting (carrying offspring (standard)) · preggo · eating for two (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) · pregnant · in the family way (carrying offspring (euphemistic)) · significant (having many possibilities or implications) · full · preggie · gravid (carrying offspring (standard)) · enceinte · fertilized (carrying offspring (standard)) · child-great · in a family way · with child (carrying offspring (standard)) · carrying
Translations (343)
pt prenha (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tl buntis (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pdt droagent (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kmr avis (carrying developing offspring within the body) · txb preṃtsa (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur آبستہ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da frugtsommelig (carrying developing offspring within the body) · zza awr (diq) (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kmr bihemle (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fa آبستن (carrying developing offspring within the body) · syl ꠉꠣꠜꠤꠘ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · cs březí (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ga ag iompar clainne (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ms mengandung (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tr gebe (carrying developing offspring within the body) · udi хела (carrying developing offspring within the body) · aii ܒܛܝܼܢܬܵܐ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · et rase (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kk жүкті (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bo ཕྲུ་གུ་སྐྱེ་ཡག་ཡོད་པ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nn høggravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bg сми́слен (having many possibilities or implications) · it gravido (having many possibilities or implications) · ca prenyat (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sh trúdan (carrying developing offspring within the body) · izh raskas (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ar حَامِل (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mi hapū (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lld aspité (carrying developing offspring within the body) · is þungaður (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hi गर्भवती (carrying developing offspring within the body) · cmn 有了 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hi अर्थगर्भित (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sv havande (carrying developing offspring within the body) · cmn 有喜 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 有胎 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pt prenhe (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mnc ᡩᠠᠪᡴᠸᡵᡳ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yue 有咗 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hu sokatmondó (having many possibilities or implications) · fur incinte (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur باردار (carrying developing offspring within the body) · crh ağırayaqlı (carrying developing offspring within the body) · he הָרָה (carrying developing offspring within the body) · es grávido (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fr enceint (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uk черева́тий (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mnc ᠵᡠᡵᠰᡠ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ms bunting (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mt ħobla (carrying developing offspring within the body) · he בהיריון \ בְּהֵרָיוֹן (carrying developing offspring within the body) · cy beichiog (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ckb زگ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · cmn 懷孕 /怀孕 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru бере́менный (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gd leatromach (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nl drachtig (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru брюха́тый (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mn ᠵᠢᠷᠮᠥᠰᠦᠨ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lv grūts (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hu vemhes (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ota گبه (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ba ауыр аяҡлы (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ba ауырлы (carrying developing offspring within the body) · es encinto (carrying developing offspring within the body) · az hamilə (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da højgravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ky боюнда бар (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru в положе́нии (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ug ھامىلىدار (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ຖືພາຄາທ້ອງ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ka ორსული (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sv dräktig (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fa باردار (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mwl grábida (carrying developing offspring within the body) · my ဗိုက်ကြီး (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ba йөклө (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pa ਗਰਭਿਣੀ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · oc emprenhat (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ມີທ້ອງ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nl in verwachting (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uz boʻgʻoz (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ba буйға уҙған (carrying developing offspring within the body) · vi nghén (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sc prinzu (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 有身孕 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · aii ܝܲܩܘܼܪܬܵܐ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ja 妊娠している (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tr gebe (having many possibilities or implications) · af swanger (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ast preñada (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ຄັບພະ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mn жирэмсэн (carrying developing offspring within the body) · rm en speranza (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yi טראָגעדיק (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fr plein (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sk brezivý (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fo upp á vegin (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uk беремі́нний (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fy swier (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tt йөкле (carrying developing offspring within the body) · qu cicu (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gd torrach (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ps حامله (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fi monisyinen (having many possibilities or implications) · hy հղի (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ar حُبْلَى (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fa حامله (carrying developing offspring within the body) · be бярэ́менны (carrying developing offspring within the body) · vi có thai (carrying developing offspring within the body) · udi хъела (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hi परिपूर्ण (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ca gràvid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kk екіқабат (carrying developing offspring within the body) · scn prena (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 懷胎 /怀胎 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ca embarassat (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nl in gezegende omstandigheden (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sc pringiu (carrying developing offspring within the body) · njo-jgl mashisa (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru чрева́тый (having many possibilities or implications) · es embarazado (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gl preñado (carrying developing offspring within the body) · it pregno (carrying developing offspring within the body) · id hamil (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kl naartusoq (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yi שוואַנגער (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yi סמיקעדיק (carrying developing offspring within the body) · zza lıngagıran (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sl noseči (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ml ഗർഭിണി (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ຖືພາ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km ស្ពាយបាត្រ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · la praegnās (carrying developing offspring within the body) · war burod (carrying developing offspring within the body) · xcl սաղմնառեալ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gl grávido (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mwl prenha (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fr gravide (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur حاملہ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fi raskaana oleva (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tk göwreli (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ຖືພາມານ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · haw hāpai (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur پیٹ سے (carrying developing offspring within the body) · eo graveda (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ພາມານ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nl betekenisvol (having many possibilities or implications) · lv grūsns (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fr en gestation (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ka მაკე (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mwl preinha (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ota حامله (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 病囝 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ro pregnant (having many possibilities or implications) · hi परिग्राही (carrying developing offspring within the body) · eu haurdun (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nb drektig (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yi מעוברתדיק (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fi monitahoinen (having many possibilities or implications) · ro însărcinată (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur آبستن (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gd trom (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sa गर्भवती (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bg съдържа́телен (having many possibilities or implications) · lad parida (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 有囡仔 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hi गर्भिणी (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sk tehotný (carrying developing offspring within the body) · acy xuple (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sl brej (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pdt schwanga (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hu várandós (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uk вагі́тний (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mt tqal (carrying developing offspring within the body) · crh yüklü (carrying developing offspring within the body) · he מעובר \ מְעֻבָּר (carrying developing offspring within the body) · xcl յղացեալ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · az ikicanlı (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yue 有身己 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · io gravida (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pt grávido (carrying developing offspring within the body) · cs těhotný (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pl w ciąży (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 大肚胿 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fur gravide (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sc prossimu (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gl encinta (carrying developing offspring within the body) · xag 𐕇𐔰𐔾𐔰𐔺 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uk важки́й (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tg ҳомиладор (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ko 임신하다 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · is barnshafandi (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km មានផ្ទៃ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sh bremènit (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ja おめでた (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ar حَوامِلُ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gu સગર્ભા (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bg бре́менен (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km មានពោះពុង (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ceb buros (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nb gravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nb svanger (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ro borțoasă (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nb høggravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · el έγκυος (carrying developing offspring within the body) · be чарава́ты (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru на снося́х (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nb høygravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nap prena (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km មានផ្ទៃពោះ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tg обистан (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur امید سے (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kmr ducan (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pl brzemienny (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ga torrach (carrying developing offspring within the body) · th ท้อง (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ckb ئاوس (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kmr dugiyan (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ມານ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · oc gravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · de bedeutungsvoll (having many possibilities or implications) · ur بچہ دار (carrying developing offspring within the body) · apc حبلي (carrying developing offspring within the body) · scn ncinta (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur آبستنی (carrying developing offspring within the body) · zza hal (diq) (carrying developing offspring within the body) · klj âbistən (carrying developing offspring within the body) · xcl յղի (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru на сно́сях (carrying developing offspring within the body) · my ကိုယ်ဝန်ရှိ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · is ófrískur (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bn গর্ভবতী (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yue 懷孕 /怀孕 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · az boylu (carrying developing offspring within the body) · grc ἔγκυος (carrying developing offspring within the body) · txb itomtsa (carrying developing offspring within the body) · crh hamile (carrying developing offspring within the body) · vi có chửa (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ka ფეხმძიმე (carrying developing offspring within the body) · it incinto (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km កំផើម (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ມີລູກ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sv i grossess (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uz homilador (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hu állapotos (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sq shtatzënë (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ur با امید (carrying developing offspring within the body) · la gravidus (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kl ilumittoq (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ms hamil (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mnc ᠰᡠᠴᡳᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 有矣 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nl zwanger (carrying developing offspring within the body) · te గర్భిణి (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tr hamile (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ms berbadan dua (carrying developing offspring within the body) · uk тяжки́й (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tg ҳомила (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hi भावपूर्ण (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km ទ្រង់គភ៌ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da svanger (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sh тру́дан (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ຊົງຄັບ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bg тру́ден (carrying developing offspring within the body) · es en estado (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ky жүктүү (carrying developing offspring within the body) · it gravido (carrying developing offspring within the body) · tg бордор (carrying developing offspring within the body) · de schwanger (carrying developing offspring within the body) · is óléttur (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ca prenyat (having many possibilities or implications) · ky бооз (carrying developing offspring within the body) · izh tiine (carrying developing offspring within the body) · es preñado (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ang bearnēacen (carrying developing offspring within the body) · dlm prin (carrying developing offspring within the body) · rom khamni (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yue 有喜 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ru содержа́тельный (having many possibilities or implications) · da prægnant (having many possibilities or implications) · nan-hbl 大腹肚 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da med barn (carrying developing offspring within the body) · pl ciężarny (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km ទម្ងន់ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sh бремѐнит (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km មានគភ៌ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 懷孕 /怀孕 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · et tiine (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yi בײַכלדיק (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da gravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ckb باردار (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mk бремен (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gl preñe (carrying developing offspring within the body) · dsb samodruga (carrying developing offspring within the body) · om ulfa (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ckb دووگیان (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sco biggen (carrying developing offspring within the body) · be цяжа́рны (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nl in blijde verwachting (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gd beò-leatromach (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ມີຄັນ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mk труден (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yue 懷胎 /怀胎 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yi מעוברת (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 帶膭 /带𱼏 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mt tqila (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lo ຕັ້ງທ້ອງ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · th ตั้งครรภ์ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ro gravidă (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sv gravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · aii ܒܛܝܼܢܵܐ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · gut fiúrusuf (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da drægtig (carrying developing offspring within the body) · yue 大肚 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nn gravid (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fo tvílívað (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sv på smällen (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sv med barn (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hi अर्थपूर्ण (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hu terhes (carrying developing offspring within the body) · kmr girane (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nrf encheinte (carrying developing offspring within the body) · mi āhua (carrying developing offspring within the body) · izh paksu (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ilo masikog (carrying developing offspring within the body) · nan-hbl 有身 (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ht ansent (carrying developing offspring within the body) · ba ауырға уҙған (carrying developing offspring within the body) · fo við barn (carrying developing offspring within the body) · is vanfær (carrying developing offspring within the body) · lt nėščia (carrying developing offspring within the body) · de trächtig (carrying developing offspring within the body) · la praegnāns (carrying developing offspring within the body) · km ពពោះ (carrying developing offspring within the body) · bcl bados (carrying developing offspring within the body) · hu jelentőségteljes (having many possibilities or implications) · av къинай (carrying developing offspring within the body) · sco buggen (carrying developing offspring within the body) · vi có mang thai (carrying developing offspring within the body) · da ventende (carrying developing offspring within the body) · te కడుపుతో ఉన్న (carrying developing offspring within the body) · th มีครรภ์ (carrying developing offspring within the body)