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miscarriage

noun · 4 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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  • UK: /ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • US: /ˈmɪs.kæɹ.əd͡ʒ/
  • US: /ˈmɪs.kɛɹ.əd͡ʒ/
  • US: Mary-marry-merry Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S K EH1 R AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A failure; a mistake or error.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: now rare except in miscarriage of justice

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pregnancy loss, spontaneous abortion

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a natural loss of the products of conception

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abortion

Narrower terms: habitual abortion, imminent abortion, threatened abortion, incomplete abortion, partial abortion

4

noun

Meaning 4

failure of a plan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abortion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: failure

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English carriage English miscarriage From mis- + carriage.

Across languages

Translations

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: miskraam — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Albanian: abort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Ambonese Malay: miskrang — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Arabic: إِجْهَاض (ʔijhāḍ) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Arabic: إِخْفَاق (ʔiḵfāq) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Arabic: خَسَارَة (ḵasāra) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Armenian: վիժում (vižum) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Basque: umegaltze — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Basque: berezko abortu — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Belarusian: вы́кідыш (výkidyš) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Bengali: গর্ভস্রাব (gorbhosrab) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Breton: golladenn — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Bulgarian: або́рт (abórt) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Bulgarian: помя́тане (pomjátane) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Catalan: avortament espontani — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Chinese Cantonese: 流產 /流产 (lau4 caan2) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Chinese: 流產 /流产 (zh-min-nan) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流產 /流产 (liúchǎn) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小產 /小产 (xiǎochǎn) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自然流產 /自然流产 (zìrán liúchǎn) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Czech: potrat — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Danish: abort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Dutch: miskraam — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Dutch: misdracht — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Dutch: misgeboorte — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Dutch: abortus — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Esperanto: aborto — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Estonian: nurisünnitus — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Faroese: fosturlát — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Finnish: keskenmeno — natural termination of pregnancy
  • French: fausse couche — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Galician: aborto — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Georgian: მუცლის მოშლა (muclis mošla) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Georgian: მუცლის მოწყვეტა (muclis moc̣q̇veṭa) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • German: Fehlgeburt — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Greek: αποβολή (apovolí) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποφθορά (apophthorá) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Ancient Greek: ἔκτρωσις (éktrōsis) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Gujarati: કસુવાવડ (kasuvāvaḍ) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Hebrew: הַפָּלָה (hapalá) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Hindi: गर्भस्राव (garbhasrāv) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Hungarian: vetélés — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Icelandic: fósturlát — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Irish: breith anabaí — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Irish: anabaíocht — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Italian: aborto — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Japanese: 流産 (ryūzan) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Japanese: 失敗 (shippai) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Kannada: ಗರ್ಭಪಾತ (garbhapāta) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Kapampangan: pamangikwan — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Kazakh: түсік (tüsık) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Khmer: ការរលូតកូន (kaa rɔɔrɔluut koun) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Korean: 유산 (yusan) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Korean: 류산 (ryusan) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Central Kurdish: لە بار چوون (le bar çûn) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Latin: abortus — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Latin: abortiō — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Latvian: aborts — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Lithuanian: persileidimas — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Macedonian: пометнување (pometnuvanje) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Macedonian: спонтан або́ртус (spontan abórtus) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Malay: keguguran — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Malayalam: ഗർഭമലസൽ (gaṟbhamalasal) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Manx: anappeeaght — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Māori: materoto — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Māori: tahe — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Marathi: गर्भस्राव (garbhasrāv) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norman: fausse couoche — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spontan abort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spontanabort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spontan abort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spontanabort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: abort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Odia: ସ୍ୱତଃ ଗର୍ଭପାତ (swataḥ garbhapāta) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Old English: misbyrd — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Plautdietsch: Fäljeburt — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Polish: poronienie — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Portuguese: aborto — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Portuguese: aborto espontâneo — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Punjabi: ਗਰਭਪਾਤ (garbhapāt) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Punjabi: ਗਰਭ ਗਿਰਨਾ (garabh girnā) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Quechua: sulluy — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Romanian: avort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Russian: вы́кидыш (výkidyš) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Northern Sami: cuovkaneapmi — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏бача̄ј — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍbačāj — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Slovak: potrat — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Slovene: spontani splav — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Somali: dhicis — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Spanish: aborto — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Spanish: aborto espontáneo — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Spanish: aborto natural — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Spanish: aborto involuntario — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Swahili: mimba kuharibika — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Swedish: missfall — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Tagalog: pagkaagas — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Tamil: கருச்சிதைவு (karuccitaivu) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Tatar: бала төшерү (bala töşerü) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Telugu: మిస్క్యారేజ్ (miskyārēj) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Telugu: గర్భస్రావము (garbhasrāvamu) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Thai: การแท้ง (gaan-tɛ́ng) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Thai: การรีดลูก (gaan-rîit-lûuk) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Turkish: düşük — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Turkish: ceninisakıt — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Ukrainian: ви́кидень (výkydenʹ) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Urdu: اسقاط حمل (isqāt-e-haml) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Urdu: اسقاط (isqāt) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Urdu: وضع حمل (vaze-e-hamal) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Urdu: اخراجِ جنین (ixrāj-e-janīn) — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Uzbek: avort — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Vietnamese: sự sẩy thai — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Welsh: camesgoriad — natural termination of pregnancy
  • Yiddish: מפּלה (mapole) — natural termination of pregnancy
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