birth

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /bɜːθ/
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /bɜːð/
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• General-American: bûrth
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• General-American: /bɜɹθ/
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• General-American: /bɝð/
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• Scotland: /bɪɹθ/
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• Scotland: /bɪɹð/
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• New-Zealand: /bøːθ/
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• New-Zealand: /bøːð/
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• /beːθ/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /beːð/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /bɛːθ/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• /bɛːð/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• homophone: berth (fern–fir–fur merger)
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)θ
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• CMU ARPABET: B ER1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bhértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ġebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear + -th (thus a piecewise doublet of berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ġebyrd is from prefixed *gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *bhŕ̥tis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from *bher- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.

See berth.

From Middle English birthen, birðen, from the noun (see above).

317 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afar: ubka — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Albanian: lindje — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Arabic: وِلَادَة (wilāda) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Arabic: مَوْلِد (mawlid) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Arabic: مِيلَاد (mīlād) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Arabic: تَوَلُّد (tawallud) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Arabic: ميلاد (mīlād) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Armenian: ծնունդ (cnund) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Aromanian: amintare — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Azerbaijani: doğum — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Belarusian: ро́ды (ródy) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Belarusian: нараджэ́нне (naradžénnje) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Bengali: পয়দায়েশ (poẏdaẏeś) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Breton: ganedigezh — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Bulgarian: ра́ждане (ráždane) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Bulgarian: рожде́ние (roždénie) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Catalan: naixença — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Catalan: naixement — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Chichewa: kubadwa — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Chinese Mandarin: 出生 (chūshēng) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Czech: porod — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Czech: narození — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Danish: fødsel — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Dutch: geboorte — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Egyptian: ms-w-t (mswt) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Estonian: sünd — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Faroese: føðing — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Finnish: synnyttäminen — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Finnish: lisääntyminen — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• French: naissance — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• West-Frisian: berte — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Friulian: nassince — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Friulian: part — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Galician: nacemento — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Galician: nacenza — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Georgian: დაბადება (dabadeba) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• German: Geburt — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍃 (gabaurþs) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Greek: γέννα (génna) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Greek: τοκετός (toketós) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Ancient Greek: τόκος (tókos) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Ancient Greek: γένεσις (génesis) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Haitian Creole: nesans — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hamer-Banna: áɗima — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hebrew: לֵדָה (leidá) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hindi: जन्म (janma) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hindi: जनन (janan) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hindi: पैदाइश (paidāiś) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hungarian: szülés (childbearing) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Hungarian: születés — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Icelandic: fæðing — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Ido: nasko — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Indonesian: kelahiran — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Irish: breith — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Old Irish: breth — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Italian: nascita — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Italian: parto — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Japanese: 誕生 (tanjō) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Japanese: 出生 (shusshō) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Kapampangan: kebaitan — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Kapampangan: kebayitan — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Kazakh: туу (tuu) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Khmer: កំណើត (kɑmnaət) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Korean: 출생 (chulsaeng) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Korean: 탄생 (tansaeng) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Central Kurdish: لەدایکبوون (ledaykbûn) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Northern Kurdish: zayin — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Kyrgyz: төрөлүш (törölüş) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Kyrgyz: туулуш (tuuluş) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Lao: ການເກິດ (kān kœt) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Latin: nascentia — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Latin: nativitas — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Latin: partus — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Latvian: dzemdēšana — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Latvian: dzemdības — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Lithuanian: gimdymas — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Low German: Geboort — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Macedonian: породување (poroduvanje) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Macedonian: раѓање (raǵanje) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Malay: kelahiran — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Malay: keputeraan — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Malay: keputerian — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Malayalam: ജനനം (jananaṁ) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Māori: whānautanga — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Māori: wherereitanga — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Norwegian Bokmål: fødsel — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fødsel — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Occitan: naissença — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Odia: ଜନ୍ମ (janma) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Old English: ġebyrd — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Pashto: تولد (tawalód) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Persian: تولد (tavallod) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Persian: زایش (zâyeš) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Polish: urodzenie — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Polish: narodzenie — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Polish: narodziny — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Portuguese: nascimento — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Romanian: naștere — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Romanian: născare — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Russian: ро́ды (ródy) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Russian: рожде́ние (roždénije) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Saho: ubka — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sanskrit: उत्पाद (utpāda) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sanskrit: जन्म (janma) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Serbo-Croatian: рође́ње — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Serbo-Croatian: rođénje — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Serbo-Croatian: rožastvo — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sicilian: nàscita — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sicilian: nascimentu — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sicilian: partu — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sikkimese: སྐྱེ་བ (skye ba) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Slovak: narodenie — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Slovene: rojstvo — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Slovene: porod — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Spanish: nacimiento — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Spanish: nacencia — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Spanish: parto — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Sudovian: gimsenis — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Swahili: zaa — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Swedish: födelse — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Tajik: таваллуд (tavallud) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Tamil: பிறப்பு (piṟappu) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Telugu: జననము (jananamu) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Telugu: జన్మము (janmamu) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Telugu: పుట్టుక (puṭṭuka) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Thai: การเกิด (gaan-gə̀ət) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Thai: กําเนิด (gam-nə̀ət) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Tocharian A: cmol — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Tocharian B: camel — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Turkish: doğum — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه (doğma) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Turkmen: dogluş — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Ukrainian: поло́ги (polóhy) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Ukrainian: наро́дження (naródžennja) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Urdu: تولد (tavallud) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Urdu: پیدائش (paidāish) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Urdu: ولادت (wilādat) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Uyghur: تۇغۇلۇش (tughulush) — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Uzbek: tugʻilish — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Vietnamese: sự sinh đẻ — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Walloon: skepiaedje — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Walloon: vinowe å monde — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Welsh: genedigaeth — process of childbearing; beginning of life
• Armenian: ծնունդ (cnund) — instance of childbirth
• Azerbaijani: doğum — instance of childbirth
• Azerbaijani: doğulma — instance of childbirth
• Azerbaijani: doğuluş — instance of childbirth
• Belarusian: нараджэ́нне (naradžénnje) — instance of childbirth
• Bulgarian: ра́ждане (ráždane) — instance of childbirth
• Bulgarian: рожде́ние (roždénie) — instance of childbirth
• Catalan: part — instance of childbirth
• Czech: narození — instance of childbirth
• Dutch: bevalling — instance of childbirth
• Esperanto: naskiĝo — instance of childbirth
• Finnish: syntymä — instance of childbirth
• French: accouchement — instance of childbirth
• Friulian: part — instance of childbirth
• German: Geburt — instance of childbirth
• Greek: γέννα (génna) — instance of childbirth
• Greek: τοκετός (toketós) — instance of childbirth
• Ancient Greek: τόκος (tókos) — instance of childbirth
• Hebrew: לידה (leida) — instance of childbirth
• Hindi: जन्म (janma) — instance of childbirth
• Hindi: पैदाइश (paidāiś) — instance of childbirth
• Hungarian: születés — instance of childbirth
• Ido: nasko — instance of childbirth
• Interlingua: nascentia — instance of childbirth
• Italian: parto — instance of childbirth
• Latin: nascentia — instance of childbirth
• Latin: nativitas — instance of childbirth
• Latin: partus — instance of childbirth
• Lithuanian: gimimas — instance of childbirth
• Macedonian: породување (poroduvanje) — instance of childbirth
• Macedonian: раѓање (raǵanje) — instance of childbirth
• Māori: whānautanga — instance of childbirth
• Norwegian Bokmål: fødsel — instance of childbirth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fødsel — instance of childbirth
• Old English: ġebyrd — instance of childbirth
• Persian: تولد (tavallod) — instance of childbirth
• Polish: poród — instance of childbirth
• Portuguese: parto — instance of childbirth
• Portuguese: nascimento — instance of childbirth
• Russian: рожде́ние (roždénije) — instance of childbirth
• Sicilian: partu — instance of childbirth
• Sicilian: parturienza — instance of childbirth
• Slovak: pôrod — instance of childbirth
• Slovak: narodenie — instance of childbirth
• Spanish: parto — instance of childbirth
• Spanish: alumbramiento — instance of childbirth
• Spanish: parición — instance of childbirth
• Swahili: zaliwa — instance of childbirth
• Tamil: பிறப்பு (piṟappu) — instance of childbirth
• Tamil: பிறவி (piṟavi) — instance of childbirth
• Telugu: జన్మించుట (janmiñcuṭa) — instance of childbirth
• Ukrainian: наро́дження (naródžennja) — instance of childbirth
• Urdu: تولد (tavallud) — instance of childbirth
• Urdu: پیدائش (paidāish) — instance of childbirth
• Urdu: ولادت (wilādat) — instance of childbirth
• Albanian: nis — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Arabic: وِلَادَة (wilāda) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Arabic: بدايَة — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Armenian: սկիզբ (skizb) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Breton: ganedigezh — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Catalan: part — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Catalan: naixença — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 誕生 /诞生 (dànshēng) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Czech: zrod — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Dutch: geboorte — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Finnish: alku — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Finnish: syntymä — beginning or start; a point of origin
• German: Geburt — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Greek: γέννηση (génnisi) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Ancient Greek: γένεσις (génesis) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Hindi: जन्म (janma) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Interlingua: nascentia — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Italian: nascita — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Japanese: 誕生 (tanjō) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Japanese: 成立 (seiritsu) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Japanese: 勃興 (bokkō) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Central Kurdish: سەرەتا (sereta) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Central Kurdish: لەدایکبوون (ledaykbûn) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Latin: orīgo — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Low German: Geboort — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Macedonian: раѓање (raǵanje) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Macedonian: зародиш (zarodiš) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Macedonian: почеток (početok) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Māori: tīmatanga — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Occitan: naissença — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Old English: ġebyrd — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Portuguese: nascimento — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Portuguese: origem — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Romanian: origine — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Romanian: început — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Russian: рожде́ние (roždénije) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Russian: зарожде́ние (zaroždénije) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Sicilian: nàscita — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Sicilian: urìggini — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Sicilian: ncuminzu — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Slovak: zrod — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Slovene: rojstvo — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Spanish: nacimiento — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Spanish: orígen — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Swahili: zaliw — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Swedish: början — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Tamil: பிறப்பு (piṟappu) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Tamil: பிறவி (piṟavi) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Telugu: వంశము (vaṁśamu) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه (doğma) — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Vietnamese: đầu — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Vietnamese: sự ra đời — beginning or start; a point of origin
• Armenian: ծնունդ (cnund) — circumstances of one's background
• Bulgarian: произход (proizhod) — circumstances of one's background
• Bulgarian: потекло (poteklo) — circumstances of one's background
• Catalan: naixença — circumstances of one's background
• Czech: původ — circumstances of one's background
• Dutch: afkomst — circumstances of one's background
• Finnish: syntyperä — circumstances of one's background
• Finnish: suku — circumstances of one's background
• Finnish: sukujuuri — circumstances of one's background
• German: Abstammung — circumstances of one's background
• Greek: καταγωγή (katagogí) — circumstances of one's background
• Hungarian: származás — circumstances of one's background
• Italian: nascita — circumstances of one's background
• Japanese: 出生 (shusshō) — circumstances of one's background
• Macedonian: потекло (poteklo) — circumstances of one's background
• Macedonian: род (rod) — circumstances of one's background
• Old English: ġebyrd — circumstances of one's background
• Portuguese: nascimento — circumstances of one's background
• Sicilian: natura — circumstances of one's background
• Sicilian: nàscita — circumstances of one's background
• Slovak: pôvod — circumstances of one's background
• Spanish: nacimiento — circumstances of one's background
• Spanish: cuna — circumstances of one's background
• Spanish: abolengo — circumstances of one's background
• Spanish: nación — circumstances of one's background
• Spanish: estirpe — circumstances of one's background
• Swahili: zaliwa — circumstances of one's background
• Swedish: börd — circumstances of one's background
• Tamil: பிறப்பு (piṟappu) — circumstances of one's background
• Vietnamese: dòng dõi — circumstances of one's background
• Vietnamese: gốc — circumstances of one's background
• Arabic: وَلَدَ (walada) — to give birth (to)
• Arabic: وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa) — to give birth (to)
• Bulgarian: раждам (raždam) — to give birth (to)
• Chinese Mandarin: 生出 (shēngchū) — to give birth (to)
• Czech: porodit — to give birth (to)
• Dutch: baren — to give birth (to)
• Esperanto: naski — to give birth (to)
• Faroese: eiga — to give birth (to)
• Finnish: synnyttää — to give birth (to)
• French: accoucher — to give birth (to)
• Georgian: დაბადება (dabadeba) — to give birth (to)
• German: entbinden — to give birth (to)
• Greek: γεννώ (gennó) — to give birth (to)
• Ancient Greek: γεννᾰ́ω (gennắō) — to give birth (to)
• Hebrew: הוֹלִיד (holíd) — to give birth (to)
• Ido: akushar — to give birth (to)
• Ido: naskigar — to give birth (to)
• Ingrian: synnyttää — to give birth (to)
• Central Kurdish: مناڵبوون (mnallbûn) — to give birth (to)
• Latin: pario — to give birth (to)
• Macedonian: раѓа (raǵa) — to give birth (to)
• Portuguese: dar à luz — to give birth (to)
• Portuguese: parir — to give birth (to)
• Quechua: unquy — to give birth (to)
• Sanskrit: जनति (janati) — to give birth (to)
• Slovak: porodiť — to give birth (to)
• Slovene: roditi — to give birth (to)
• Spanish: dar a luz — to give birth (to)
• Swahili: kuzaa — to give birth (to)
• Swedish: föda — to give birth (to)
• Tamil: பிறப்பை கொடு (piṟappai koṭu) — to give birth (to)
• Tamil: பெறு (peṟu) — to give birth (to)
• Telugu: కను (kanu) — to give birth (to)
• Telugu: ప్రసవించు (prasaviñcu) — to give birth (to)