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gravid

adj · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹævɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pregnant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

in an advanced stage of pregnancy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • was big with child
  • was great with child

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big(p), enceinte, expectant, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin gravō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gravidusder. English gravid From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հղի (hġi) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Bulgarian: бременна (bremenna) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 怀孕的 (huáiyùn de) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妊娠的 (rènshēn de) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Czech: těhotný — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Czech: gravidní — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Czech: březí — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Dutch: zwanger — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Dutch: drachtig — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Esperanto: graveda — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Finnish: gravidi — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • French: gravide — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • German: trächtig — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • German: gravid — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Indonesian: gravid — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Japanese: 妊娠した (ninshin shita) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Japanese: 身重 (miomo) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Latin: gravidus — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Portuguese: grávida — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Russian: бере́менная (berémennaja) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Russian: жерёбая (žerjóbaja) — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Spanish: grávido — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Spanish: embarazado — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Spanish: encinta — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
  • Vietnamese: có thai — pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)