expectant

expectant

English

Etymology

From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.

Adjective

expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)

1. Marked by expectation.

   the expectant hush before the performance

2. Pregnant.

   an expectant mother

3. (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.

Translations

marked by expectation

Bulgarian: чакащ (bg) (čakašt), очакващ (bg) (očakvašt) Finnish: odottava (fi) German: erwartend (de) Norwegian: Bokmål: forventningsfull Nynorsk: forventingsfull, forventningsfull

Russian: жду́щий (ru) (ždúščij), ожида́ющий (ru) (ožidájuščij) Scottish Gaelic: dòchasach Spanish: expectante (es) Swedish: förväntansfull (sv)

pregnant

Bulgarian: бременна (bremenna) Dutch: in verwachting Finnish: odottava (fi) German: schwanger (de), guter Hoffnung

Maori: hapū Russian: бере́менная (ru) (berémennaja), в положе́нии (ru) (v položénii) Scottish Gaelic: trom, torrach

Noun

expectant (plural expectants)

1. A person who expects or awaits something.

Anagrams

• exceptant

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Latin

Verb

expectant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of expectō