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.

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 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

• 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
• 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)
• Latin: praegnātiō f
• Slovak: tehotenstvo