pregnancy

English

Etymology

From pregnant +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
   • 2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.

   • 2015 October 23, “Periconception Maternal Folate Status and Human Embryonic Cerebellum Growth Trajectories: The Rotterdam Predict Study”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD).

2. The period of time this condition prevails.
3. (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Synonyms

• gestation
• gravidation (obsolete)
• gravidity
• pregnation (obsolete)

Coordinate terms

• with child

Derived terms

• anembryonic pregnancy
• biochemical pregnancy
• chemical pregnancy
• denial of pregnancy
• ectopic pregnancy
• false pregnancy
• mask of pregnancy
• phantom pregnancy
• pregnancy brain
• pregnancy loss
• pregnancy pillow
• pregnancy school
• pregnancy sickness
• pregnancy test
• pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
• puppy pregnancy syndrome
• toxemia of pregnancy

Related terms

• pregnant

Translations

condition

• Afrikaans: swangerskap
• Albanian: shtatzënësi (sq) f, barrë (sq) f
• Arabic: حَمْل (ar) m (ḥaml)
• Armenian: հղիություն (hy) (hġiutʻyun)

  Old Armenian: յղութիւն (yłutʻiwn)

• Asturian: embaranzu m, preñáu m
• Azerbaijani: hamiləlik
• Bashkir: йөклөлөк (yöklölök)
• Basque: haurduntza
• Belarusian: цяжа́рнасць f (cjažárnascʹ), чарава́тасць f (čaravátascʹ), бярэ́меннасць f (bjarémjennascʹ)
• Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (bn) (gorbhodharon)
• Bikol Central: ngidam
• Bulgarian: бре́менност (bg) f (brémennost)
• Burmese: ဓမ္မတာဝန် (my) (dhamma.tawan), ပဋိသန္ဓေ (my) (pa.ti.sandhe), သန္ဓေ (my) (sandhe), ကိုယ်ဝန် (my) (kuiywan)
• Catalan: embaràs (ca) m, prenyat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 懷孕 / 怀孕 (waai⁴ jan⁶), 妊娠 (jam⁶ san¹), 懷胎 / 怀胎 (waai⁴ toi¹)

  Hokkien: 懷孕 / 怀孕 (zh-min-nan) (hôai-īn, hôai-ūn), 懷胎 / 怀胎 (zh-min-nan) (hoâi-thai)

  Mandarin: 懷孕 / 怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn), 妊娠 (zh) (rènshēn), 懷胎 / 怀胎 (zh) (huáitāi)

• Crimean Tatar: ağırayaqlılıq, yüklülik, hamilelik
• Czech: těhotenství (cs) n, gravidita f
• Danish: graviditet (da) c, svangerskab (da)
• Dutch: zwangerschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: gravedeco
• Estonian: rasedus (et)
• Ewe: fufɔfɔ
• Faroese: viðgongutíð f
• Finnish: raskaus (fi), tiineys
• French: grossesse (fr) f, gestation (fr) f
• Galician: embarazo (gl) m, preñazo m, preñez f
• Georgian: ორსულობა (orsuloba), ფეხმძიმობა (pexmʒimoba), მაკეობა (maḳeoba) (for animals)
• German: Schwangerschaft (de) f
• Greek: εγκυμοσύνη (el) f (egkymosýni)

  Ancient Greek: κύησις f (kúēsis)

• Hawaiian: hapaina, kauhua
• Hebrew: היריון \ הֵרָיוֹן m (herayón)
• Hindi: गर्भावस्था (hi) f (garbhāvasthā)
• Hungarian: terhesség (hu)
• Icelandic: meðganga (is)
• Ilocano: sikog
• Indonesian: kehamilan (id)
• Ingrian: raskahus
• Irish: toircheas
• Italian: gravidanza (it) f
• Japanese: 妊娠 (ja) (にんしん, ninshin)
• Kapampangan: pangabuktut
• Kazakh: жүктілік (jüktılık), екіқабаттық (ekıqabattyq)
• Khmer: ការមានផ្ទៃពោះ (kaamiənphtɨypŭəh)
• Korean: 임신(妊娠) (ko) (imsin)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاوسی (awisî), دووگیانی (dûgiyanî)

  Northern Kurdish: ducanî (ku), avisbûn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: жүктүүлүк (jüktüülük), бооздук (ky) (boozduk), кош кабаттуулук (koş kabattuuluk), кош бойлуулук (koş boyluuluk)
• Lao: ພາມານ (phā mān)
• Latin: graviditās f, gravitas f
• Latvian: grūtniecība f
• Lithuanian: nėštumas m
• Macedonian: бременост f (bremenost)
• Malay: kehamilan (ms)
• Malayalam: ഗർഭം (ml) (gaṟbhaṁ)
• Maltese: tqala
• Maori: kukunetanga (advanced), hapūtanga (general)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: жирэмслэлт (mn) (žiremslelt)

  Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠷᠮᠦᠰᠦᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ (ǰirmüsülelte)

• Northern Sami: áhpehisvuohta
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svangerskap n, graviditet m

  Nynorsk: svangerskap m or n, graviditet m

• Occitan: grossessa f, emprenhament (oc) f, prenhesa f
• Old English: bearnēacnung f
• Persian: حاملگی (fa) (hâmelegi), بارداری (fa) (bârdâri), آبستنی (fa) (âbestani)
• Polish: ciąża (pl) f, brzemienność (pl) f (literary)
• Portuguese: gravidez (pt) f, prenhez (pt) f
• Romanian: graviditate (ro) f, sarcină (ro) f
• Russian: бере́менность (ru) f (berémennostʹ)
• Sanskrit: गर्भधारण (sa) n (garbhadhāraṇa)
• Scottish Gaelic: leatrom m, leatromachd f, torraicheas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трудно̀ћа f, бремѐнито̄ст f

  Roman: trudnòća f, bremènitōst (sh) f

• Slovak: tehotenstvo n, gravidita f
• Slovene: nosečnost (sl) f
• Somali: uur (so)
• Spanish: embarazo (es) m, gravidez (es), preñez (es) f (chiefly of animals)
• Swahili: mimba (sw) class 9/10, ujauzito (sw)
• Swedish: graviditet (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbubuntis, kabuntisan
• Tajik: ҳомилагӣ (homilagi), бордорӣ (bordori), обистанӣ (tg) (obistani)
• Tarifit: tadist f
• Tatar: йөклелек (yöklelek)
• Telugu: గర్భము (te) (garbhamu)
• Thai: การตั้งครรภ์ (th) (gaan-dtâng-kan)
• Tooro: enda
• Turkish: hamilelik (tr)
• Turkmen: göwrelilik
• Ukrainian: вагі́тність (uk) f (vahítnistʹ), бере́менність f (berémennistʹ), тягі́тність f (tjahítnistʹ), тя́жа f (tjáža), черева́тість f (čerevátistʹ)
• Urdu: حَمْل m (haml), بارداری (bārdārī), آبستنی (ur) (ābistanī), آبستگی (ābistagī), امید (ur) (umīd)
• Uyghur: ھامىلىدارلىق (hamilidarliq)
• Uzbek: homiladorlik (uz), boʻgʻozlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự có thai
• Volapük: grob (vo)
• Walloon: poirteure (wa)
• Welsh: beichiogiad, beichiogrwydd (cy) m
• West Frisian: swierwêzen
• Yiddish: טראָגעדיקייט f (trogedikeyt), שוואַנגערשאַפֿט f (shvangershaft)
• Yoruba: oyún
• Zazaki: haley f, lıng gıraney f

period of time

• Basque: haurdunaldi
• Bulgarian: бре́менност (bg) f (brémennost)
• Burmese: ဓမ္မတာကာလ (dhamma.takala.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 懷孕期 / 怀孕期 (waai⁴ jan⁶ kei⁴)

  Mandarin: 懷孕期 / 怀孕期 (zh) (huáiyùnqī, huáiyùnqí)

• Finnish: raskausaika (fi), tiineysaika
• French: grossesse (fr) f
• Hindi: गर्भावस्था (hi) f (garbhāvasthā)
• Ingrian: raskahusaika
• Latvian: grūtniecība f
• Malayalam: ഗർഭകാലം (ml) (gaṟbhakālaṁ)
• Maori: kukunetanga (advanced), hapūtanga (general)
• Slovak: tehotenstvo
• Spanish: embarazo (es) m

progression from conception to birth

• Basque: haurdunaldi
• Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (bn) (gorbhodharon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: raskaus (fi), sikiönkehitys
• French: gestation (fr) f
• Greek: κύηση (el) f (kýisi)
• Hindi: गर्भावस्था (hi) f (garbhāvasthā)
• Latin: praegnātiō f
• Slovak: tehotenstvo