Phrase guide

give birth

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To release live offspring from the body into the environment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • It was clear that she was about to give birth.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To become the parent of by birthing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To become the source of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, idiomatic, transitive, usually

Examples

  • Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

cause to be born

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • My wife had twins yesterday!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deliver, bear, birth, have

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, bring forth

Narrower terms: twin, drop, foal, cub, kitten, lamb, litter, whelp, pup, farrow, pig, fawn, calve, have young, have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

5

verb

Meaning 5

create or produce an idea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Marx and Engels gave birth to communism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create by mental act, create mentally

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

205 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: 𒅇𒌅 (walādu, Ù.TU) — produce new life
  • Albanian: lind — produce new life
  • Albanian: pjell — produce new life
  • Chungli Ao: aso — produce new life
  • Arabic: وَلَدَ (walada) — produce new life
  • Arabic: أَنْجَبَ (ʔanjaba) — produce new life
  • Arabic: خلّف (ḵallef) — produce new life
  • Armenian: ծնել (cnel) — produce new life
  • Armenian: լույս աշխարհ բերել (luys ašxarh berel) — produce new life
  • Old Armenian: ծնանիմ (cnanim) — produce new life
  • Assamese: জগোৱা (zogüa) — produce new life
  • Assamese: ওপজোৱা (üpozüa) — produce new life
  • Assamese: জম্মোৱা (zommüa) — produce new life
  • Assamese: জন্ম দিয়া (zonmo dia) — produce new life
  • Asturian: parir — produce new life
  • Asturian: desembaular — produce new life
  • Asturian: allumar — produce new life
  • Asturian: posar — produce new life
  • Azerbaijani: doğmaq — produce new life
  • Azerbaijani: dünyaya gətirmək — produce new life
  • Basque: erditu — produce new life
  • Belarusian: раджа́ць (radžácʹ) — produce new life
  • Belarusian: радзі́ць (radzícʹ) — produce new life
  • Bengali: প্রসব করা (prośob kora) — produce new life
  • Bengali: জন্ম দেত্তয়া (jonmo dettoẏa) — produce new life
  • Breton: genel — produce new life
  • Bulgarian: ра́ждам (ráždam) — produce new life
  • Bulgarian: родя́ (rodjá) — produce new life
  • Burmese: ဖွား (hpwa:) — produce new life
  • Burmese: မွေး (mwe:) — produce new life
  • Catalan: parir — produce new life
  • Catalan: donar a llum — produce new life
  • Chichewa: -bala — produce new life
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生 (saang1) — produce new life
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生育 — produce new life
  • Chinese Cantonese: 產 /产 (caan2) — produce new life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生 (shēng) — produce new life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生育 (shēngyù) — produce new life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產 /产 (chǎn) — produce new life
  • Chukchi: кмиӈэтык (kmiṇėtyk) — produce new life
  • Chukchi: кымиӈэтык (kymiṇėtyk) — produce new life
  • Chukchi: йыток (jytok) — produce new life
  • Chuukese: nounou — produce new life
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uzaya — produce new life
  • Crimean Tatar: doğurmaq — produce new life
  • Czech: porodit — produce new life
  • Czech: rodit — produce new life
  • Danish: føde — produce new life
  • Dutch: baren — produce new life
  • Egyptian: ms-s (msj) — produce new life
  • Esperanto: naski — produce new life
  • Estonian: sünnitama — produce new life
  • Faroese: eiga — produce new life
  • Finnish: synnyttää — produce new life
  • French: mettre au monde — produce new life
  • French: accoucher — produce new life
  • French: donner naissance — produce new life
  • Galician: parir — produce new life
  • Galician: dar a luz — produce new life
  • Georgian: ბადებს (badebs) — produce new life
  • Georgian: დაბადებს (dabadebs) — produce new life
  • Georgian: შობს (šobs) — produce new life
  • Georgian: იმშობიარებს (imšobiarebs) — produce new life
  • German: gebären — produce new life
  • German: zur Welt bringen — produce new life
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (gabairan) — produce new life
  • Greek: γεννώ (gennó) — produce new life
  • Ancient Greek: τίκτω (tíktō) — produce new life
  • Hamer-Banna: aɗá — produce new life
  • Hebrew: יָלַד (yalád) — produce new life
  • Hebrew: הוֹלִיד (holíd) — produce new life
  • Hebrew: הִמְלִיט (himlít) — produce new life
  • Hindi: जन्म देना (janma denā) — produce new life
  • Hungarian: szül — produce new life
  • Hungarian: világra hoz — produce new life
  • Hungarian: életet ad — produce new life
  • Icelandic: fæða — produce new life
  • Ido: naskigar — produce new life
  • Ido: parturar — produce new life
  • Indonesian: melahirkan — produce new life
  • Irish: beir — produce new life
  • Old Irish: do·fuissim — produce new life
  • Italian: dare alla luce — produce new life
  • Italian: partorire — produce new life
  • Japanese: 生む (umu) — produce new life
  • Japanese: 産む (umu) — produce new life
  • Kabyle: arew — produce new life
  • Kazakh: табу (tabu) — produce new life
  • Kazakh: босану (bosanu) — produce new life
  • Khmer: បង្កើត (bɑɑbɑngkaət) — produce new life
  • Korean: 낳다 (nata) — produce new life
  • Central Kurdish: زان (zan) — produce new life
  • Northern Kurdish: zan — produce new life
  • Kyrgyz: төрөө (töröö) — produce new life
  • Lao: ເກີດລູກ (kœ̄t lūk) — produce new life
  • Latin: pariō — produce new life
  • Latin: partū ēdō — produce new life
  • Latvian: dzemdēt — produce new life
  • Linngithigh: kic — produce new life
  • Lithuanian: gimdyti — produce new life
  • Macedonian: раѓа (raǵa) — produce new life
  • Macedonian: роди (rodi) — produce new life
  • Malay: melahirkan — produce new life
  • Malay: memperanakkan — produce new life
  • Māori: whānau — produce new life
  • Māori: whakawhānau — produce new life
  • Miami: peni- — produce new life
  • Mongolian: төрөх (töröx) — produce new life
  • Mongolian: төрүүлэх (törüülex) — produce new life
  • Norman: accouocher — produce new life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bære — produce new life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fram — produce new life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: føde — produce new life
  • Occitan: jasilhar — produce new life
  • Church Slavic: раждати (raždati) — produce new life
  • Church Slavic: родити (roditi) — produce new life
  • Old East Slavic: ражати (ražati) — produce new life
  • Old East Slavic: родити (roditi) — produce new life
  • Old English: beran — produce new life
  • Old English: cennan — produce new life
  • Old English: hwelpian — produce new life
  • Pannonian Rusyn: родзиц (rodzic) — produce new life
  • Pashto: زېږول (ziǵawǝ́l) — produce new life
  • Pashto: ځو کول (źo kawǝ́l) — produce new life
  • Pashto: زو کول (zo kawǝ́l) — produce new life
  • Dari: زَایِیدَن (zāyīdan) — produce new life
  • Dari: بَه دُنْیَا آوَرْدَن (ba dunyā āwardan) — produce new life
  • Dari: زَادَن (zādan) — produce new life
  • Iranian Persian: زاییدَن (zâyidan) — produce new life
  • Iranian Persian: بِه دُنْیا آوَرْدَن (be donyâ âvardan) — produce new life
  • Iranian Persian: زادَن (zâdan) — produce new life
  • Polish: rodzić — produce new life
  • Polish: urodzić — produce new life
  • Portuguese: dar à luz — produce new life
  • Portuguese: parir — produce new life
  • Quechua: wachay — produce new life
  • Romanian: naște — produce new life
  • Russian: рожа́ть (rožátʹ) — produce new life
  • Russian: рожда́ть (roždátʹ) — produce new life
  • Russian: роди́ть (rodítʹ) — produce new life
  • Russian: производи́ть на свет (proizvodítʹ na svet) — produce new life
  • Russian: произвести́ на свет (proizvestí na svet) — produce new life
  • Sanskrit: जनति (janati) — produce new life
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́ђати — produce new life
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̀дити — produce new life
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráđati — produce new life
  • Serbo-Croatian: ròditi — produce new life
  • Serbo-Croatian: donjeti na svijet — produce new life
  • Sicilian: accattari — produce new life
  • Sicilian: fari nàsciri — produce new life
  • Sicilian: figghiari — produce new life
  • Sicilian: sgravari — produce new life
  • Slovak: porodiť — produce new life
  • Slovak: rodiť — produce new life
  • Slovene: roditi — produce new life
  • Spanish: dar a luz — produce new life
  • Spanish: parir — produce new life
  • Spanish: jedar — produce new life
  • Spanish: aliviarse — produce new life
  • Swedish: föda — produce new life
  • Tagalog: manganak — produce new life
  • Tagalog: luwal — produce new life
  • Tajik: зоидан (zoyidan) — produce new life
  • Tajik: фарзанд кардан (farzand kardan) — produce new life
  • Tajik: тавлид кардан (tavlid kardan) — produce new life
  • Tajik: зодан (zodan) — produce new life
  • Tamil: பெறு (peṟu) — produce new life
  • Telugu: కను (kanu) — produce new life
  • Telugu: ప్రసవించు (prasaviñcu) — produce new life
  • Telugu: జన్మనిచ్చు (janmaniccu) — produce new life
  • Telugu: ఈను (īnu) — produce new life
  • Thai: ประสูติ (bprà-sùut) — produce new life
  • Thai: ตกลูก (dtòk-lûuk) — produce new life
  • Thai: คลอด (klɔ̂ɔt) — produce new life
  • Turkish: doğurmak — produce new life
  • Turkish: dünyaya getirmek — produce new life
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوغورمق (doğurmak) — produce new life
  • Turkmen: dogurmak — produce new life
  • Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld) — produce new life
  • Ukrainian: роди́ти (rodýty) — produce new life
  • Ukrainian: наро́джувати (naródžuvaty) — produce new life
  • Ukrainian: народи́ти (narodýty) — produce new life
  • Urdu: جَنْمَ دینا (janma denā) — produce new life
  • Uyghur: تۇغماق (tughmaq) — produce new life
  • Uzbek: tugʻmoq — produce new life
  • Vietnamese: sinh — produce new life
  • Vietnamese: đẻ — produce new life
  • Welsh: esgori — produce new life
  • Yiddish: האָבן (hobn) — produce new life
  • Zazaki: zayen — produce new life
  • Zazaki: dınya amayen — produce new life
  • Armenian: ծնել (cnel) — to become the source of
  • Bulgarian: пораждам (poraždam) — to become the source of
  • Bulgarian: породя (porodja) — to become the source of
  • Finnish: keksiä — to become the source of
  • Finnish: luoda — to become the source of
  • Latin: gignō — to become the source of
  • Latin: prōdō — to become the source of
  • Polish: rodzić — to become the source of
  • Polish: urodzić — to become the source of
  • Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — to become the source of
  • Russian: породи́ть (porodítʹ) — to become the source of
  • Spanish: parir — to become the source of
  • Swedish: kläcka — to become the source of
  • Telugu: జన్మనిచ్చు (janmaniccu) — to become the source of