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pregnancy

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The period of time this condition prevails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gestation, maternity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition

Narrower terms: trouble, gravidity, gravidness, gravidation, gravida, parity, para, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation, eccyesis, metacyesis, entopic pregnancy, placenta previa

History

Etymology

From pregnant + -cy.

Across languages

Translations

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swangerskap — condition
  • Albanian: shtatzënësi — condition
  • Albanian: barrë — condition
  • Arabic: حَمْل (ḥaml) — condition
  • Armenian: հղիություն (hġiutʻyun) — condition
  • Old Armenian: յղութիւն (yłutʻiwn) — condition
  • Asturian: embaranzu — condition
  • Asturian: preñáu — condition
  • Azerbaijani: hamiləlik — condition
  • Bangi: zemi — condition
  • Bashkir: йөклөлөк (yöklölök) — condition
  • Basque: haurduntza — condition
  • Belarusian: цяжа́рнасць (cjažárnascʹ) — condition
  • Belarusian: чарава́тасць (čaravátascʹ) — condition
  • Belarusian: бярэ́меннасць (bjarémjennascʹ) — condition
  • Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon) — condition
  • Central Bikol: ngidam — condition
  • Bulgarian: бре́менност (brémennost) — condition
  • Burmese: ဓမ္မတာဝန် (dhamma.tawan) — condition
  • Burmese: ပဋိသန္ဓေ (pa.ti.sandhe) — condition
  • Burmese: သန္ဓေ (sandhe) — condition
  • Burmese: ကိုယ်ဝန် (kuiywan) — condition
  • Catalan: embaràs — condition
  • Catalan: prenyat — condition
  • Chinese Cantonese: 懷孕 /怀孕 (waai4 jan6) — condition
  • Chinese Cantonese: 妊娠 (jam6 san1) — condition
  • Chinese Cantonese: 懷胎 /怀胎 (waai4 toi1) — condition
  • Chinese: 懷孕 /怀孕 (zh-min-nan) — condition
  • Chinese: 懷胎 /怀胎 (zh-min-nan) — condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕 /怀孕 (huáiyùn) — condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妊娠 (rènshēn) — condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懷胎 /怀胎 (huáitāi) — condition
  • Crimean Tatar: ağırayaqlılıq — condition
  • Crimean Tatar: yüklülik — condition
  • Crimean Tatar: hamilelik — condition
  • Czech: těhotenství — condition
  • Czech: gravidita — condition
  • Danish: graviditet — condition
  • Danish: svangerskab — condition
  • Dutch: zwangerschap — condition
  • Esperanto: gravedeco — condition
  • Estonian: rasedus — condition
  • Ewe: fufɔfɔ — condition
  • Faroese: viðgongutíð — condition
  • Finnish: raskaus — condition
  • Finnish: tiineys — condition
  • French: grossesse — condition
  • French: gestation — condition
  • West-Frisian: swierwêzen — condition
  • Galician: embarazo — condition
  • Galician: preñazo — condition
  • Galician: preñez — condition
  • Georgian: ორსულობა (orsuloba) — condition
  • Georgian: ფეხმძიმობა (pexmʒimoba) — condition
  • Georgian: მაკეობა (maḳeoba) — condition
  • German: Schwangerschaft — condition
  • Greek: εγκυμοσύνη (egkymosýni) — condition
  • Ancient Greek: κύησις (kúēsis) — condition
  • Hawaiian: hapaina — condition
  • Hawaiian: kauhua — condition
  • Hebrew: היריון \ הֵרָיוֹן (herayón) — condition
  • Hindi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — condition
  • Hungarian: terhesség — condition
  • Icelandic: meðganga — condition
  • Ilocano: sikog — condition
  • Indonesian: kehamilan — condition
  • Ingrian: raskahus — condition
  • Irish: toircheas — condition
  • Italian: gravidanza — condition
  • Japanese: 妊娠 (ninshin) — condition
  • Kapampangan: pangabuktut — condition
  • Kazakh: жүктілік (jüktılık) — condition
  • Kazakh: екіқабаттық (ekıqabattyq) — condition
  • Khmer: ការមានផ្ទៃពោះ (kaamiənphtɨypŭəh) — condition
  • Korean: 임신 (imsin) — condition
  • Central Kurdish: ئاوسی (awisî) — condition
  • Central Kurdish: دووگیانی (dûgiyanî) — condition
  • Northern Kurdish: ducanî — condition
  • Northern Kurdish: avisbûn — condition
  • Kyrgyz: жүктүүлүк (jüktüülük) — condition
  • Kyrgyz: бооздук (boozduk) — condition
  • Kyrgyz: кош кабаттуулук (koş kabattuuluk) — condition
  • Kyrgyz: кош бойлуулук (koş boyluuluk) — condition
  • Lao: ພາມານ (phā mān) — condition
  • Latin: graviditās — condition
  • Latin: gravitas — condition
  • Latin: praegnātiō — condition
  • Latvian: grūtniecība — condition
  • Lingala: zemi — condition
  • Lithuanian: nėštumas — condition
  • Macedonian: бременост (bremenost) — condition
  • Malay: kehamilan — condition
  • Malayalam: ഗർഭം (gaṟbhaṁ) — condition
  • Maltese: tqala — condition
  • Māori: kukunetanga — condition
  • Māori: hapūtanga — condition
  • Marathi: गरोदरपण (garodarpaṇ) — condition
  • Marathi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — condition
  • Marathi: गर्भधारणा (garbhadhārṇā) — condition
  • Mongolian: жирэмслэлт (žiremslelt) — condition
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠷᠮᠦᠰᠦᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ (ǰirmüsülelte) — condition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svangerskap — condition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: graviditet — condition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svangerskap — condition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: graviditet — condition
  • Occitan: grossessa — condition
  • Occitan: emprenhament — condition
  • Occitan: prenhesa — condition
  • Old English: bearnēacnung — condition
  • Persian: حاملگی (hâmelegi) — condition
  • Persian: بارداری (bârdâri) — condition
  • Persian: آبستنی (âbestani) — condition
  • Polish: ciąża — condition
  • Polish: brzemienność — condition
  • Portuguese: gravidez — condition
  • Portuguese: prenhez — condition
  • Romanian: graviditate — condition
  • Romanian: sarcină — condition
  • Russian: бере́менность (berémennostʹ) — condition
  • Northern Sami: áhpehisvuohta — condition
  • Sanskrit: गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇa) — condition
  • Scottish Gaelic: leatrom — condition
  • Scottish Gaelic: leatromachd — condition
  • Scottish Gaelic: torraicheas — condition
  • Serbo-Croatian: трудно̀ћа — condition
  • Serbo-Croatian: бремѐнито̄ст — condition
  • Serbo-Croatian: trudnòća — condition
  • Serbo-Croatian: bremènitōst — condition
  • Slovak: tehotenstvo — condition
  • Slovak: gravidita — condition
  • Slovene: nosečnost — condition
  • Somali: uur — condition
  • Lower Sorbian: samodrugosć — condition
  • Upper Sorbian: samodruhosć — condition
  • Spanish: embarazo — condition
  • Spanish: gravidez — condition
  • Spanish: preñez — condition
  • Swahili: mimba — condition
  • Swahili: ujauzito — condition
  • Swedish: graviditet — condition
  • Tagalog: pagbubuntis — condition
  • Tagalog: kabuntisan — condition
  • Tajik: ҳомилагӣ (homilagi) — condition
  • Tajik: бордорӣ (bordori) — condition
  • Tajik: обистанӣ (obistani) — condition
  • Tarifit: tadist — condition
  • Tatar: йөклелек (yöklelek) — condition
  • Telugu: గర్భము (garbhamu) — condition
  • Thai: การตั้งครรภ์ (gaan-dtâng-kan) — condition
  • Tooro: enda — condition
  • Turkish: hamilelik — condition
  • Turkmen: göwrelilik — condition
  • Ukrainian: вагі́тність (vahítnistʹ) — condition
  • Ukrainian: бере́менність (berémennistʹ) — condition
  • Ukrainian: тягі́тність (tjahítnistʹ) — condition
  • Ukrainian: тя́жа (tjáža) — condition
  • Ukrainian: черева́тість (čerevátistʹ) — condition
  • Urdu: حَمْل (haml) — condition
  • Urdu: بارداری (bārdārī) — condition
  • Urdu: آبستنی (ābistanī) — condition
  • Urdu: آبستگی (ābistagī) — condition
  • Urdu: امید (umīd) — condition
  • Uyghur: ھامىلىدارلىق (hamilidarliq) — condition
  • Uzbek: homiladorlik — condition
  • Uzbek: boʻgʻozlik — condition
  • Vietnamese: sự có thai — condition
  • Volapük: grob — condition
  • Walloon: poirteure — condition
  • Welsh: beichiogiad — condition
  • Welsh: beichiogrwydd — condition
  • Yiddish: טראָגעדיקייט (trogedikeyt) — condition
  • Yiddish: שוואַנגערשאַפֿט (shvangershaft) — condition
  • Yoruba: oyún — condition
  • Zazaki: haley — condition
  • Zazaki: lıng gıraney — condition
  • Basque: haurdunaldi — period of time
  • Bulgarian: бре́менност (brémennost) — period of time
  • Burmese: ဓမ္မတာကာလ (dhamma.takala.) — period of time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 懷孕期 /怀孕期 (waai4 jan6 kei4) — period of time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕期 /怀孕期 (huáiyùnqī, huáiyùnqí) — period of time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孕期 (yùnqī) — period of time
  • Finnish: raskausaika — period of time
  • Finnish: tiineysaika — period of time
  • French: grossesse — period of time
  • Hindi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — period of time
  • Ingrian: raskahusaika — period of time
  • Latvian: grūtniecība — period of time
  • Malayalam: ഗർഭകാലം (gaṟbhakālaṁ) — period of time
  • Māori: kukunetanga — period of time
  • Māori: hapūtanga — period of time
  • Marathi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — period of time
  • Marathi: गर्भधारणा (garbhadhārṇā) — period of time
  • Slovak: tehotenstvo — period of time
  • Spanish: embarazo — period of time
  • Basque: haurdunaldi — progression from conception to birth
  • Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon) — progression from conception to birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕階段 /怀孕阶段 (huáiyùn jiēduàn) — progression from conception to birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妊娠階段 /妊娠阶段 (rènshēn jiēduàn) — progression from conception to birth
  • Finnish: raskaus — progression from conception to birth
  • Finnish: sikiönkehitys — progression from conception to birth
  • French: gestation — progression from conception to birth
  • Greek: κύηση (kýisi) — progression from conception to birth
  • Hindi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — progression from conception to birth
  • Latin: praegnātiō — progression from conception to birth
  • Marathi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) — progression from conception to birth
  • Slovak: tehotenstvo — progression from conception to birth
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