Phrase guide

baby shower

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A party celebrating the pending or recent birth of a child, involving guests giving gifts (typically babycare items) to the parent(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From baby + shower (in the sense of being showered with gifts), perhaps influenced by bridal shower.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَفْل قُدُوم المَوْلُود المُنْتَظِر (ḥafl qudūm al-mawlūd al-muntaẓir) — party
  • Catalan: festa de naixement — party
  • Catalan: festa prenatal — party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬰兒沐浴 /婴儿沐浴 (yīng'ér mùyù) — party
  • Finnish: vauvakutsut — party
  • Finnish: baby shower — party
  • French: fête prénatale — party
  • French: baby shower — party
  • German: Babyparty — party
  • German: Baby Shower — party
  • Hindi: गोद भराई (god bharāī) — party
  • Hungarian: babaváró parti/buli — party
  • Hungarian: babaköszöntő — party
  • Japanese: ベビーシャワー (bebī shawā) — party
  • Kannada: ಸೀಮಂತ (sīmanta) — party
  • Macedonian: повојница (povojnica) — party
  • Malay: rai bayi — party
  • Malayalam: സീമന്തം (sīmantaṁ) — party
  • Polish: baby shower — party
  • Portuguese: chá de bebê — party
  • Russian: бе́би-ша́уэр (bɛ́bi-šáuer) — party
  • Russian: пра́здник для бу́дущей ма́мы (prázdnik dlja búduščej mámy) — party
  • Serbo-Croatian: darivanje djeteta — party
  • Spanish: baby shower — party
  • Spanish: fiesta de pañales — party
  • Tamil: வளைகாப்பு (vaḷaikāppu) — party
  • Tamil: சீமந்தம் (cīmantam) — party
  • Telugu: సీమంతం (sīmantaṁ) — party
  • Tulu: ಬಯಕ್ಕೆ (bayakke) — party
  • Tulu: ಬಯಕೆ (bayake) — party