breastfeed

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• /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast English feed English breastfeed From breast + feed.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: borsvoed — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Arabic: أَرْضَعَ (ʔarḍaʕa) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Aromanian: alãptedz — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Bulgarian: къ́рмя (kǎ́rmja) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Bulgarian: доя́ (dojá) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Catalan: alletar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Chinese Mandarin: 餵奶 /喂奶 (wèinǎi) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Chinese Mandarin: 哺乳 (bǔrǔ) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Chinese Mandarin: 母乳餵養 /母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Czech: kojit — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Danish: amme — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Dutch: borstvoeding geven — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Dutch: de borst geven — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Dutch: zogen — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Esperanto: mamnutri — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Faroese: geva bróst — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Finnish: imettää — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• French: allaiter — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• French: donner la tétée — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• French: donner le sein — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Old French: alaitier — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Galician: aleitar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Georgian: ძუძუთი კვებავს (ʒuʒuti ḳvebavs) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Georgian: ძუძუს აწოვებს (ʒuʒus ac̣ovebs) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• German: stillen — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• German: die Brust geben — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Greek: θηλάζω (thilázo) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Ancient Greek: θηλάζω (thēlázō) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Gujarati: ધાવવું (dhāvvũ) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Gujarati: ધવરાવવું (dhavrāvvũ) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Hebrew: הניק (heník) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Hindi: स्तनपान (stanpān) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Hungarian: szoptat — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Icelandic: leggja á brjóst — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Icelandic: gefa brjóst — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Ido: alaktar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Indonesian: menyusui — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Indonesian: menetek — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Irish: cothaigh — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Irish: brollach a thabhairt do — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Irish: beathú cíche a thabhairt do — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Italian: allattare — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Italian: allattare al seno — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Japanese: 授乳する (junyū suru) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Kazakh: емізу (emızu) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Korean: 모유로 키우다 (moyu-ro kiuda) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Latin: nūtriō — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Latin: alō — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Latvian: zīdīt — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Macedonian: дои (doi) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Malay: menyusui — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Māori: whāngote — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Māori: whakangote — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Marathi: स्तनपान करणे (stanpān karṇe) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Marathi: अंगावर पाजणे (aṅgāvar pājṇe) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Norwegian: amme — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Old Church Slavonic: доити (doiti) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Polish: karmić piersią — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Portuguese: amamentar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Portuguese: dar de mamar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Portuguese: aleitar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Portuguese: lactar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Romani: chuchi del — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Romanian: alăpta — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Russian: корми́ть гру́дью (kormítʹ grúdʹju) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Serbo-Croatian: до̀јити — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Serbo-Croatian: dòjiti — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Slovak: dojčiť — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Slovene: dojiti — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: dar teta — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: dar de mamar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: lactar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: dar el pecho — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: amamantar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: achichiguar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Spanish: atetar — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Swahili: nyonyesha — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Swedish: amma — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tagalog: umut-ot — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tagalog: ut-utin — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tagalog: magpasuso — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tamil: பாலூட்டு (pālūṭṭu) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tamil: பாலூட்டல் (pālūṭṭal) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tamil: தாய்ப்பாலூட்டல் (tāyppālūṭṭal) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tamil: முலைப்பாலுட்டு (mulaippāluṭṭu) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Tamil: முலைப்பாலூட்டல் (mulaippālūṭṭal) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Turkish: emzirmek — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Ukrainian: годувати грудьми (hoduvaty hrudʹmy) — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Vietnamese: bú — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Volapük: blöto nulüdön — feed a baby milk via the breasts
• Welsh: bwydo o'r fron — feed a baby milk via the breasts