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The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment.
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
present participle and gerund of wean
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Antonyms: none provided
the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ablactation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: substitution, exchange, commutation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
аблакта́ция
(ablaktácija)
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Catalan:
deslletament
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Dutch:
spenen
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Finnish:
vieroitus
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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French:
sevrage
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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German:
Abstillen
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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German:
Absetzen
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Greek:
απογαλακτισμός
(apogalaktismós)
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Hebrew:
גְּמִילָה
(gmilá)
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Italian:
svezzamento
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Japanese:
卒乳
(sotsunyū)
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Māori:
whakamutunga kai ū
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Māori:
whakamutunga whāngote
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Polish:
odsadzanie
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Polish:
odstawienie od piersi
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Portuguese:
ablactação
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Portuguese:
desmama
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Portuguese:
desmame
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Spanish:
destete
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Spanish:
ablactación
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment
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Swedish:
avvänjning
— process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment