Standard Lemma guide

parturition

noun · 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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  • /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/
  • /ˌpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃəˈɹɪʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of a mother giving birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, obstetrics, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: childbirth, labour, delivery

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the process of giving birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: birth, giving birth, birthing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

Narrower terms: brooding, incubation, calving, childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, laying, egg laying, parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed

History

Etymology

From Latin parturitiō (“parturition”), from parturiō, from pariō (“to give birth”).

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَخَاض (maḵāḍ) — act of giving birth
  • Arabic: وَضْع (waḍʕ) — act of giving birth
  • Arabic: وِلَادَة (wilāda) — act of giving birth
  • Belarusian: ро́ды (ródy) — act of giving birth
  • Bulgarian: раждане (raždane) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出生 (chūshēng) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分娩 (fēnmiǎn) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 娩 (miǎn) — act of giving birth
  • Czech: porod — act of giving birth
  • Esperanto: akuŝo — act of giving birth
  • Faroese: barnsburður — act of giving birth
  • Finnish: synnytys — act of giving birth
  • French: accouchement — act of giving birth
  • French: parturition — act of giving birth
  • French: naissance — act of giving birth
  • German: Entbindung — act of giving birth
  • German: Geburt — act of giving birth
  • German: Geburtsvorgang — act of giving birth
  • German: Gebären — act of giving birth
  • German: Partus — act of giving birth
  • German: Parturitio — act of giving birth
  • Greek: γέννα (génna) — act of giving birth
  • Greek: τοκετός (toketós) — act of giving birth
  • Ancient Greek: τόκος (tókos) — act of giving birth
  • Hindi: प्रसूति (prasūti) — act of giving birth
  • Hindi: प्रसव (prasav) — act of giving birth
  • Hungarian: szülés — act of giving birth
  • Indonesian: parturisi — act of giving birth
  • Indonesian: persalinan — act of giving birth
  • Indonesian: kelahiran — act of giving birth
  • Indonesian: partus — act of giving birth
  • Irish: breith clainne — act of giving birth
  • Italian: parto — act of giving birth
  • Japanese: 分身 (bunshin) — act of giving birth
  • Japanese: 分娩 (bunben) — act of giving birth
  • Japanese: 出産 (shussan) — act of giving birth
  • Northern Kurdish: zarokanîn — act of giving birth
  • Northern Kurdish: zayîn (bo ajalan) — act of giving birth
  • Malay: pelahiran — act of giving birth
  • Māori: whānautanga — act of giving birth
  • Māori: wherereitanga — act of giving birth
  • Māori: taunahua — act of giving birth
  • Old English: tēam — act of giving birth
  • Polish: poród — act of giving birth
  • Portuguese: parto — act of giving birth
  • Russian: ро́ды (ródy) — act of giving birth
  • Russian: рожде́ние (roždénije) — act of giving birth
  • Scottish Gaelic: tinneas-cloinne — act of giving birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: порођај — act of giving birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: porođaj — act of giving birth
  • Slovak: pôrod — act of giving birth
  • Slovak: rodenie — act of giving birth
  • Spanish: parto — act of giving birth
  • Spanish: nacimiento — act of giving birth
  • Tagalog: panganganak — act of giving birth
  • Telugu: ప్రసవం (prasavaṁ) — act of giving birth
  • Ukrainian: ро́ди (ródy) — act of giving birth
  • Venetan: part — act of giving birth
  • Volapük: kujör — act of giving birth
  • Volapük: kujöram — act of giving birth