Standard Lemma guide

breastfeeding

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
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  • rhymes with -iːdɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: B R EH1 S T F IY0 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breastfeed

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of breastfeed

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From breast + feeding.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة (raḍāʕa ṭabīʕiyya) — activity
  • Bengali: স্তন্যপান (stônnôpan) — activity
  • Bulgarian: къ́рмене (kǎ́rmene) — activity
  • Catalan: alletament — activity
  • Catalan: lactància — activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餵奶 /喂奶 (wèinǎi) — activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哺乳 (bǔrǔ) — activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 母乳餵養 /母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng) — activity
  • Czech: kojení — activity
  • Dutch: borstvoeding — activity
  • Finnish: rintaruokinta — activity
  • Finnish: imetys — activity
  • French: allaitement — activity
  • Georgian: ძუძუთი კვება (ʒuʒuti ḳveba) — activity
  • Georgian: ძუძუს წოვება (ʒuʒus c̣oveba) — activity
  • German: Stillen — activity
  • Gujarati: સ્તનપાન (stanpān) — activity
  • Hindi: स्तनपान (stanpān) — activity
  • Indonesian: menyusui — activity
  • Indonesian: menetek — activity
  • Italian: allattamento — activity
  • Japanese: 母乳栄養 (bonyū eiyō) — activity
  • Japanese: 授乳 (junyū) — activity
  • Latin: nūtrīcātus — activity
  • Malay: penyusuan — activity
  • Māori: whakangote — activity
  • Mon: မိဂမဴတှ် — activity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: amming — activity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: amming — activity
  • Persian: شیردهی (širdehi) — activity
  • Polish: karmienie piersią — activity
  • Portuguese: aleitamento — activity
  • Portuguese: amamentação — activity
  • Russian: грудно́е вска́рмливание (grudnóje vskármlivanije) — activity
  • Russian: кормле́ние гру́дью (kormlénije grúdʹju) — activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: dojenje — activity
  • Spanish: lactancia — activity
  • Spanish: amamantamiento — activity
  • Swedish: amning — activity
  • Tagalog: pag-ut-ot — activity
  • Tagalog: pagpapasuso — activity
  • Ukrainian: годування грудьми (hoduvannja hrudʹmy) — activity
  • Unami: nuneyëweokàn — activity