noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/
US:/ˈmɪs.kæɹ.əd͡ʒ/
US:/ˈmɪs.kɛɹ.əd͡ʒ/
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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.
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