childbirth

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• General-American: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ/
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From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”).

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аира́ (ajrá) — act of giving birth
• Albanian: lindje fëmije — act of giving birth
• Albanian: lindje — act of giving birth
• Arabic: مَخَاض (maḵāḍ) — act of giving birth
• Arabic: وَضْع (waḍʕ) — act of giving birth
• Arabic: وِلَادَة (wilāda) — act of giving birth
• Armenian: ծննդաբերություն (cnndaberutʻyun) — act of giving birth
• Azerbaijani: doğuş — act of giving birth
• Azerbaijani: doğum — act of giving birth
• Belarusian: ро́ды (ródy) — act of giving birth
• Bengali: প্রসব (prośob) — act of giving birth
• Bulgarian: ра́ждане (ráždane) — act of giving birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 分娩 (fēnmiǎn) — act of giving birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn) — act of giving birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 娩 (miǎn) — act of giving birth
• Czech: porod — act of giving birth
• Danish: fødsel — act of giving birth
• Dutch: bevalling — act of giving birth
• Esperanto: akuŝo — act of giving birth
• Estonian: sünnitus — act of giving birth
• Ewe: vidzidzi — act of giving birth
• Finnish: synnytys — act of giving birth
• French: accouchement — act of giving birth
• French: parturition — act of giving birth
• French: naissance — act of giving birth
• Galician: parto — act of giving birth
• Galician: parición — act of giving birth
• Galician: nacemento — act of giving birth
• Galician: nacenza — act of giving birth
• Georgian: მშობიარობა (mšobiaroba) — act of giving birth
• German: Entbindung — act of giving birth
• German: Geburt — act of giving birth
• German: Geburt eines Kindes — act of giving birth
• German: Gebären — act of giving birth
• German: Niederkunft — act of giving birth
• German: Partus — act of giving birth
• German: Parturitio — act of giving birth
• Greek: γέννα (génna) — act of giving birth
• Greek: τοκετός (toketós) — act of giving birth
• Ancient Greek: τοκετός (toketós) — act of giving birth
• Ancient Greek: παιδογονία (paidogonía) — act of giving birth
• Ancient Greek: τόκος (tókos) — act of giving birth
• Hebrew: לידה \ לֵדָה (leidá) — act of giving birth
• Hindi: प्रसव (prasav) — act of giving birth
• Hindi: प्रसूति (prasūti) — act of giving birth
• Hindi: जापा (jāpā) — act of giving birth
• Hungarian: szülés — act of giving birth
• Icelandic: barnsburður — act of giving birth
• Icelandic: barnsfæðing — act of giving birth
• Icelandic: fæðing — act of giving birth
• Indonesian: parturisi — act of giving birth
• Indonesian: partus — act of giving birth
• Indonesian: persalinan — act of giving birth
• Indonesian: kelahiran — act of giving birth
• Irish: breith clainne — act of giving birth
• Italian: parto — act of giving birth
• Japanese: 分身 (bunshin) — act of giving birth
• Japanese: 分娩 (bunben) — act of giving birth
• Japanese: 出産 (shussan) — act of giving birth
• Kazakh: туу (tuu) — act of giving birth
• Korean: 분만 (bunman) — act of giving birth
• Korean: 해산 (haesan) — act of giving birth
• Korean: 출산 (chulsan) — act of giving birth
• Kyrgyz: төрөт (töröt) — act of giving birth
• Latin: partus — act of giving birth
• Latin: puerperium — act of giving birth
• Latvian: dzemdības — act of giving birth
• Lithuanian: gimdymas — act of giving birth
• Macedonian: пораѓање (poraǵanje) — act of giving birth
• Malayalam: പ്രസവം (prasavaṁ) — act of giving birth
• Māori: whānautanga — act of giving birth
• Māori: taunahua — act of giving birth
• Middle English: childing — act of giving birth
• Mongolian: төрөлт (törölt) — act of giving birth
• Norwegian Bokmål: barnefødsel — act of giving birth
• Norwegian Bokmål: fødsel — act of giving birth
• Old English: tēam — act of giving birth
• Old English: earfoþe — act of giving birth
• Persian: زایِمان (zâyemân) — act of giving birth
• Persian: وَضْعِ حَمْل (vaz'-e haml) — act of giving birth
• Persian: وِلادَت (velâdat) — act of giving birth
• Polish: poród — act of giving birth
• Portuguese: parto — act of giving birth
• Romanian: parturiție — act of giving birth
• Romanian: naștere — act of giving birth
• Russian: ро́ды (ródy) — act of giving birth
• Russian: рожде́ние (roždénije) — act of giving birth
• Scottish Gaelic: tinneas-cloinne — act of giving birth
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏рођа̄ј — act of giving birth
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀род — act of giving birth
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍrođāj — act of giving birth
• Serbo-Croatian: pòrod — act of giving birth
• Slovak: pôrod — act of giving birth
• Slovak: rodenie — act of giving birth
• Slovene: porod — act of giving birth
• Slovene: rojstvo — act of giving birth
• Spanish: parto — act of giving birth
• Spanish: nacimiento — act of giving birth
• Spanish: alumbramiento — act of giving birth
• Sundanese: ᮍᮜᮠᮤᮁᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (ngalahirkeun) — act of giving birth
• Swedish: förlossning — act of giving birth
• Swedish: födsel — act of giving birth
• Tajik: зоймон (zoymon) — act of giving birth
• Tajik: зоиш (zoyiš) — act of giving birth
• Tajik: вазъи ҳамл (vaz'-i haml) — act of giving birth
• Telugu: ప్రసవం (prasavaṁ) — act of giving birth
• Thai: การคลอด (gaan-klɔ̂ɔt) — act of giving birth
• Turkish: doğurma — act of giving birth
• Ukrainian: ро́ди (ródy) — act of giving birth
• Ukrainian: поло́ги (polóhy) — act of giving birth
• Urdu: وَضْعِ حَمْل (vaz'-i haml) — act of giving birth
• Urdu: وِلادَت (vilādat) — act of giving birth
• Urdu: جاپا (jāpā) — act of giving birth
• Urdu: زَچْگی (zacgī) — act of giving birth
• Uyghur: تۇغۇش (tughush) — act of giving birth
• Uzbek: tugʻish — act of giving birth
• Venetan: part — act of giving birth
• Vietnamese: sinh con — act of giving birth
• Yiddish: קימפּעט (kimpet) — act of giving birth
• Zazaki: qeç biyen — act of giving birth