noun
Meaning 1
The act of giving birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
birthing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɝθ.ɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːθ.ɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈbɝð.ɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːð.ɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: B ER1 TH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of berthing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of birth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the process of giving birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parturition, birth, giving birth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
Narrower terms: brooding, incubation, calving, childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, laying, egg laying, parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
History
Etymology
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 English -ing English birthing From birth + -ing.