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postpartum depression

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: postnatal depression, postpartum, PPD

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: depressió postpart — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 產後抑鬱症 /产后抑郁症 (caan2 hau6 jik1 wat1 zing3) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 產後抑鬱 /产后抑郁 (caan2 hau6 jik1 wat1) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產後抑鬱症 /产后抑郁症 (chǎnhòu yìyùzhèng) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產後抑鬱 /产后抑郁 (chǎnhòu yìyù) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Chuvash: ача амакӗ (ač̬a amak̬ĕ) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Dutch: postnatale depressie — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Finnish: synnytyksen jälkeinen masennus — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • French: dépression postpartum — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • French: dépression périnatale — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • German: postpartale Depression — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Hungarian: postpartum depresszió — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Hungarian: szülés utáni depresszió — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Icelandic: fæðingarþunglyndi — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Indonesian: depresi pascalahir — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Japanese: 産後うつ病 (zangō utsuyō) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Malay: kemurungan lepas bersalin — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Polish: depresja poporodowa — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Portuguese: depressão pósparto — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Russian: послеродова́я депре́ссия (poslerodovája depréssija) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Spanish: depresión postparto — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Ukrainian: післяполого́ва депре́сія (pisljapolohóva deprésija) — parent’s depression after childbirth
  • Yoruba: àbísínwín — parent’s depression after childbirth