noun
Meaning 1
A pregnant woman, especially one expecting her first child.
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mother-to-be
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noun
Meaning 2
A woman whose partner is pregnant.
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh2tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother English -to-be English mother-to-be From mother + -to-be.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: amagai — pregnant woman
- Chinese Mandarin: 準媽媽 /准妈妈 (zhǔnmāma) — pregnant woman
- Chinese Mandarin: 孕婦 /孕妇 (yùnfù) — pregnant woman
- Finnish: tuleva äiti — pregnant woman
- French: future mère — pregnant woman
- German: werdende Mutter — pregnant woman
- Hungarian: kismama — pregnant woman
- Japanese: 妊婦 (ninpu) — pregnant woman
- Japanese: 孕婦 (yōfu) — pregnant woman
- Korean: 임부 (imbu) — pregnant woman
- Korean: 잉부 (ingbu) — pregnant woman
- Korean: 임산부 (imsanbu) — pregnant woman
- Korean: 임신부 (imsinbu) — pregnant woman
- Malay: bakal ibu — pregnant woman
- Portuguese: futura mãe — pregnant woman
- Russian: бу́дущая мать (búduščaja matʹ) — pregnant woman
- Russian: бере́менная же́нщина (berémennaja žénščina) — pregnant woman
- Slovene: nosečnica — pregnant woman