abortion

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From Latin abortiōnem (“miscarriage, abortion”), from aborior (“to miscarry”). Equivalent to abort + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣwyrp (literally “throwing out, rejection”).

219 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aborsie — induced abortion
• Albanian: abort — induced abortion
• Arabic: خِدَاج (ḵidāj) — induced abortion
• Arabic: إِجْهَاض (ʔijhāḍ) — induced abortion
• Armenian: աբորտ (abort) — induced abortion
• Asturian: albuertu — induced abortion
• Azerbaijani: abort — induced abortion
• Belarusian: або́рт (abórt) — induced abortion
• Bengali: গর্ভপাত (gorbhopat) — induced abortion
• Bulgarian: або́рт (abórt) — induced abortion
• Bulgarian: изку́ствен або́рт (izkústven abórt) — induced abortion
• Burmese: ကိုယ်ဝန်ဖျက်ချခြင်း (kuiywanhpyakhkya.hkrang:) — induced abortion
• Catalan: avortament induït — induced abortion
• Catalan: interrupció voluntària de l'embaràs — induced abortion
• Chinese Cantonese: 墮胎 /堕胎 (do6 toi1) — induced abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 流產 /流产 (liúchǎn) — induced abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 人工流產 /人工流产 (réngōng liúchǎn) — induced abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 人流 (rénliú) — induced abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 墮胎 /堕胎 (duòtāi) — induced abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 打胎 (dǎtāi) — induced abortion
• Crimean Tatar: abort — induced abortion
• Czech: interrupce — induced abortion
• Czech: potrat — induced abortion
• Danish: abort — induced abortion
• Dutch: abortus — induced abortion
• Dutch: afdrijving — induced abortion
• Dutch: zwangerschapsonderbreking — induced abortion
• Dutch: vruchtafdrijving — induced abortion
• Dutch: opgewekte bevalling — induced abortion
• Esperanto: abortado — induced abortion
• Estonian: abort — induced abortion
• Faroese: fosturtøka — induced abortion
• Finnish: raskaudenkeskeytys — induced abortion
• Finnish: abortti — induced abortion
• French: avortement — induced abortion
• Georgian: აბორტი (aborṭi) — induced abortion
• German: Abtreibung — induced abortion
• German: Schwangerschaftsabbruch — induced abortion
• Greek: έκτρωση (éktrosi) — induced abortion
• Greek: άμβλωση (ámvlosi) — induced abortion
• Ancient Greek: ἀποφθορά (apophthorá) — induced abortion
• Ancient Greek: ἄμβλωσις (ámblōsis) — induced abortion
• Hebrew: הפלה מלאכותית (hapalá m'lakhutít) — induced abortion
• Hindi: गर्भपात (garbhapāt) — induced abortion
• Hungarian: terhességmegszakítás — induced abortion
• Hungarian: művi abortusz/vetélés — induced abortion
• Hungarian: küret — induced abortion
• Hungarian: magzatűzés — induced abortion
• Icelandic: fóstureyðing — induced abortion
• Indonesian: aborsi — induced abortion
• Irish: ginmhilleadh — induced abortion
• Italian: aborto — induced abortion
• Japanese: 妊娠中絶 (ninshin chūzetsu) — induced abortion
• Japanese: 人工流産 (jinkō ryūzan) — induced abortion
• Japanese: 中絶 (chūzetsu) — induced abortion
• Japanese: 堕胎 (datai) — induced abortion
• Kazakh: аборт (abort) — induced abortion
• Khmer: ការរំលូតកូន (kaa rumluut koun) — induced abortion
• Korean: 인공유산 (in'gong'yusan) — induced abortion
• Korean: 낙태 (naktae) — induced abortion
• Korean: 락태 (raktae) — induced abortion
• Korean: 타태 (tatae) — induced abortion
• Northern Kurdish: jiberbûn — induced abortion
• Kyrgyz: аборт (abort) — induced abortion
• Lao: ການທໍາແທ້ງ (kān tham thǣng) — induced abortion
• Lao: ການແທ້ງ (kān thǣng) — induced abortion
• Lao: ທໍາແທ້ງ (tham thǣng) — induced abortion
• Latin: abagmentum — induced abortion
• Latin: abortus — induced abortion
• Latvian: aborts — induced abortion
• Lithuanian: abortas — induced abortion
• Luxembourgish: ofdreiwung — induced abortion
• Macedonian: або́ртус (abórtus) — induced abortion
• Malay: pengguguran — induced abortion
• Maltese: abort — induced abortion
• Māori: whakatahe — induced abortion
• Eastern Mari: аборт (abort) — induced abortion
• Norman: avouortément — induced abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: abortus provocatus — induced abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: utskrapning — induced abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: abort — induced abortion
• Old English: ǣwyrp — induced abortion
• Persian: سقط جنین (seqt-e janin) — induced abortion
• Persian: کورتاژ (kurtâž) — induced abortion
• Persian: افگانش (afgāneš) — induced abortion
• Plautdietsch: Aufdrief — induced abortion
• Polish: aborcja — induced abortion
• Polish: abort — induced abortion
• Portuguese: aborto induzido — induced abortion
• Portuguese: aborto — induced abortion
• Romanian: avort — induced abortion
• Russian: або́рт (abórt) — induced abortion
• Scottish Gaelic: casg-breith — induced abortion
• Scottish Gaelic: casg leatrom — induced abortion
• Serbo-Croatian: або̀ртус — induced abortion
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏бача̄ј — induced abortion
• Serbo-Croatian: abòrtus — induced abortion
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍbačāj — induced abortion
• Sinhalese: ගබ්සාව (gabsāwa) — induced abortion
• Slovak: interrupcia — induced abortion
• Slovene: splav — induced abortion
• Sotho: ho ntsha mpa — induced abortion
• Spanish: aborto — induced abortion
• Spanish: aborto inducido — induced abortion
• Swedish: abort — induced abortion
• Tagalog: pagpapaagas — induced abortion
• Tajik: аборт (abort) — induced abortion
• Tajik: бачапартоӣ (bačapartoyi) — induced abortion
• Tajik: исқоти ҳамл (isqot-i haml) — induced abortion
• Tajik: исқоти (isqot-i) — induced abortion
• Tamil: கருக்கலைப்பு (karukkalaippu) — induced abortion
• Telugu: గర్భస్రావము (garbhasrāvamu) — induced abortion
• Thai: การทําแท้ง (gaan-tam-tɛ́ng) — induced abortion
• Thai: การแท้ง (gaan-tɛ́ng) — induced abortion
• Thai: ทําแท้ง (tam-tɛ́ɛng) — induced abortion
• Tok Pisin: rausim bel — induced abortion
• Turkish: kürtaj — induced abortion
• Turkmen: abort — induced abortion
• Ukrainian: або́рт (abórt) — induced abortion
• Urdu: اسقاط (isqāt) — induced abortion
• Urdu: اسقاط حمل (isqāt-e-haml) — induced abortion
• Urdu: وضع حمل (vaze-e-hamal) — induced abortion
• Urdu: اخراجِ جنین (ixrāj-e-janīn) — induced abortion
• Uzbek: abort — induced abortion
• Vietnamese: sự phá thai — induced abortion
• Welsh: erthyliad — induced abortion
• Welsh: erthyl — induced abortion
• Yiddish: אַבאָרט (abort) — induced abortion
• Afrikaans: aborsie — act of inducing abortion
• Arabic: إِجْهَاض (ʔijhāḍ) — act of inducing abortion
• Armenian: աբորտ (abort) — act of inducing abortion
• Catalan: avort — act of inducing abortion
• Catalan: avortament — act of inducing abortion
• Chinese Cantonese: 墮胎 /堕胎 (do6 toi1) — act of inducing abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 流產 /流产 (liúchǎn) — act of inducing abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 人工流產 /人工流产 (réngōng liúchǎn) — act of inducing abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 人流 (rénliú) — act of inducing abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 墮胎 /堕胎 (duòtāi) — act of inducing abortion
• Chinese Mandarin: 打胎 (dǎtāi) — act of inducing abortion
• Crimean Tatar: abort — act of inducing abortion
• Czech: potrat — act of inducing abortion
• Dutch: abortie — act of inducing abortion
• Dutch: abortus — act of inducing abortion
• Esperanto: abortigo — act of inducing abortion
• Finnish: abortti — act of inducing abortion
• Finnish: raskaudenkeskeytys — act of inducing abortion
• French: avortement — act of inducing abortion
• French: interruption volontaire de grossesse — act of inducing abortion
• French: IVG — act of inducing abortion
• German: Abtreibung — act of inducing abortion
• Hindi: गर्भस्राव (garbhasrāv) — act of inducing abortion
• Indonesian: aborsi — act of inducing abortion
• Indonesian: penguguran kandungan — act of inducing abortion
• Italian: aborto — act of inducing abortion
• Japanese: 人工妊娠中絶 (jinkō ninshin chūzetsu) — act of inducing abortion
• Japanese: 妊娠中絶 (ninshin chūzetsu) — act of inducing abortion
• Japanese: 堕胎 (datai) — act of inducing abortion
• Japanese: 中絶 (chūzetsu) — act of inducing abortion
• Korean: 낙태 (naktae) — act of inducing abortion
• Korean: 락태 (raktae) — act of inducing abortion
• Lithuanian: abortas — act of inducing abortion
• Eastern Mari: аборт (abort) — act of inducing abortion
• Norman: avouortément — act of inducing abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: abort — act of inducing abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: abortus provocatus — act of inducing abortion
• Old English: ǣwyrp — act of inducing abortion
• Polish: aborcja — act of inducing abortion
• Polish: abort — act of inducing abortion
• Portuguese: aborto — act of inducing abortion
• Portuguese: abortamento — act of inducing abortion
• Romanian: avort — act of inducing abortion
• Russian: або́рт (abórt) — act of inducing abortion
• Scottish Gaelic: casg-breith — act of inducing abortion
• Scottish Gaelic: casg leatrom — act of inducing abortion
• Slovak: potrat — act of inducing abortion
• Sotho: ho ntsha mpa — act of inducing abortion
• Spanish: aborto — act of inducing abortion
• Spanish: abortamiento (disused) — act of inducing abortion
• Tagalog: pagpapaagas — act of inducing abortion
• Tamil: கருக்கலைப்பு (karukkalaippu) — act of inducing abortion
• Welsh: erthyliad — act of inducing abortion
• Arabic: سقط (saʔṭṭ) — the foetus produced by abortion
• Dutch: miskraam — the foetus produced by abortion
• Finnish: keskonen — the foetus produced by abortion
• Greek: έκτρωμα (éktroma) — the foetus produced by abortion
• Italian: abortivo — the foetus produced by abortion
• Latin: abortus — the foetus produced by abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: abort — the foetus produced by abortion
• Norwegian Bokmål: abortus — the foetus produced by abortion
• Tamil: காய் (kāy) — the foetus produced by abortion
• Welsh: erthyl — the foetus produced by abortion
• Dutch: onderbroken ontwikkeling — biology: arrest of development of an organ
• Finnish: surkastuminen — biology: arrest of development of an organ
• Finnish: surkastuma — fruit/produce that doesn't come to maturity
• French: avorton — fruit/produce that doesn't come to maturity
• Romanian: embrion — fruit/produce that doesn't come to maturity
• Romanian: germen — fruit/produce that doesn't come to maturity
• Tamil: காய் (kāy) — fruit/produce that doesn't come to maturity
• Catalan: avort — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Catalan: avortament — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Dutch: voortijdige beëindiging — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Finnish: keskeytys — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Finnish: keskeyttäminen — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Norwegian Bokmål: abort — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Portuguese: aborto — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Portuguese: abandono — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Romanian: abandon — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Spanish: aborto — the act of aborting a project, etc
• Dutch: misbaksel — something ugly
• Dutch: miskraam — something ugly
• Dutch: wangedrocht — something ugly
• Dutch: miskleun — something ugly
• Finnish: tekele — something ugly
• Greek: έκτρωμα (éktroma) — something ugly
• Norwegian Bokmål: abortus — something ugly
• Norwegian Bokmål: misfoster — something ugly
• Portuguese: aborto — something ugly
• Spanish: aborto — something ugly
• Spanish: engendro — something ugly