gestation

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Etymology tree Latin gestāre Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin gestātiōlbor. English gestation Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: xestación — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Basque: ernaldi — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Belarusian: цяжа́рнасць (cjažárnascʹ) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Bulgarian: бре́менност (brémennost) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Catalan: gestació — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Czech: březost — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Czech: gravidita — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Danish: svangerskab — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Danish: graviditet — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Danish: drægtighed — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Dutch: zwangerschapstijd — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Dutch: gestatie — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Dutch: drachttijd — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Dutch: draagtijd — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Esperanto: gravedeco — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Finnish: raskausaika — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• French: gestation — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Galician: xestación — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Georgian: ორსულობა (orsuloba) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Georgian: ფეხმძიმობა (pexmʒimoba) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Georgian: გესტაცია (gesṭacia) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Georgian: მაკეობა (maḳeoba) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• German: Reifung — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• German: Heranreifen — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Greek: κυοφορία (kyoforía) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Haitian Creole: jestasyon — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Hindi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Hungarian: gesztáció — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Ido: gravideso — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Indonesian: gestasi — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Ingrian: raskahusaika — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Italian: gestazione — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Kazakh: буаздық (buazdyq) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Macedonian: бременост (bremenost) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Malayalam: ഗർഭകാലം (gaṟbhakālaṁ) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Marathi: सगर्भता (sagarbhatā) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Norwegian Bokmål: svangerskap — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Norwegian Bokmål: graviditet — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Norwegian Bokmål: drektighet — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drektigheit — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Occitan: gestacion — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Polish: ciąża — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Portuguese: gestação — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Romanian: gestație — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Russian: бере́менность (berémennostʹ) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Russian: вына́шивание (vynášivanije) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Serbo-Croatian: трудно̀ћа — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Serbo-Croatian: бремѐнито̄ст — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Serbo-Croatian: гестација — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Serbo-Croatian: trudnòća — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Serbo-Croatian: bremènitōst — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Serbo-Croatian: gestacija — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Sicilian: gistazzioni — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Slovak: brezivosť — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Slovak: gravidita — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Slovak: gestácia — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Slovene: nosečnost — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Spanish: gestación — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Swedish: dräktighet — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Swedish: graviditet — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Ukrainian: вагі́тність (vahítnistʹ) — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Vietnamese: thai kì — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Walloon: poirtêye — period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
• Catalan: gestació — process of development of a plan or idea
• Finnish: kehittely — process of development of a plan or idea
• Georgian: შემუშავება (šemušaveba) — process of development of a plan or idea
• Georgian: გააზრება (gaazreba) — process of development of a plan or idea
• Portuguese: gestação — process of development of a plan or idea
• Russian: вына́шивание (vynášivanije) — process of development of a plan or idea
• Russian: созрева́ние (sozrevánije) — process of development of a plan or idea