pregnancy

pregnancy

English

Etymology

From pregnant +‎ -cy.

Noun

pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant.
   • 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)

     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
• gravidity

Related terms

• pregnant

Translations

condition

Afrikaans: swangerskap Albanian: barrë (sq) Ancient Greek: κύησις f (kúēsis) Arabic: حَمْل‎ m (ḥaml) Armenian: հղիություն (hy) (hłiutʿyun) Old Armenian: յղութիւն (yłutʿiwn) Asturian: embaranzu m, preñáu m Azerbaijani: hamiləlik Basque: haurduntza Belarusian: цяжа́рнасць f (cjažárnascʹ) Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gôrbhôdharôṇ) Bikol Central: ngidam Bulgarian: бре́менност (bg) f (brémennost) Burmese: ဓမ္မတာဝန် (my) (dhamma.tawan), ပဋိသန္ဓေ (pa.ti.sandhe), သန္ဓေ (my) (sandhe), ကိုယ်ဝန် (my) (kuiywan) Catalan: embaràs m, prenyat m Chinese: Cantonese: 懷孕, 怀孕 (waai4 jan6), 妊娠 (jam6 san1), 懷胎, 怀胎 (waai4 toi1) Mandarin: 懷孕 (zh), 怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn), 妊娠 (zh) (rènshēn), 懷胎 (zh), 怀胎 (zh) (huáitāi) Min Nan: 懷孕 (zh-min-nan), 怀孕 (zh-min-nan) (hôai-īn, hôai-ūn), 懷胎 (zh-min-nan), 怀胎 (hoâi-thai) Crimean Tatar: ağırayaqlılıq, yüklülik, hamilelik Czech: těhotenství (cs) n 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 m, preñazo m, preñez f Georgian: ორსულობა (orsuloba), ფეხმძიმობა (pexmʒimoba) German: Schwangerschaft (de) f Greek: εγκυμοσύνη (el) f (egkymosýni), κύηση (el) f (kýisi), κυοφορία (el) f (kyoforía) Ancient Greek: κύησις f (kúēsis) Hebrew: היריון‎ m (herayón) Hindi: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā) Hungarian: terhesség (hu) Icelandic: meðganga (is) Ilocano: sikog Indonesian: kehamilan (id) Irish: toircheas Italian: gravidanza (it) f Japanese: 妊娠 (ja) (にんしん, ninshin) Kapampangan: pangabuktut

Kazakh: жүктілік (kk) (jüktilik), екіқабаттық (ekiqabattıq) Khmer: ដំណើរ មានគភ៌ (dɑmnaə mien koa) Korean: 임신 (ko) (imsin) (妊娠 (ko)) Kyrgyz: жүктүүлүк (cüktüülük), 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 Malayalam: ഗര്‍ഭം (gar‍bhaṃ) Maltese: tqala Maori: kukunetanga (advanced), hapūtanga (general) Mongolian: жирэмслэлт (mn) f (žiremslelt) Norwegian: svangerskap Persian: حاملگی‎ (fa) (hâmelegi), بارداری‎ (fa) (bârdâri), آبستنی‎ (fa) (âbestani) Polish: brzemienność (pl) f, ciąża (pl) f Portuguese: gravidez (pt) f Romanian: graviditate (ro) Russian: бере́менность (ru) f (berémennostʹ) Scottish Gaelic: leatrom m, leatromachd f, torraicheas m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: трудноћа f, бременитост f Roman: trudnoća (sh) f, bremenitost (sh) f Slovak: tehotenstvo n Slovene: nosečnost (sl) f Spanish: embarazo (es) m, gravidez (es) Swahili: mimba (sw) class 9/10 Swedish: graviditet (sv) c Tagalog: pagbubuntis, kabuntisan Tajik: ҳомилагӣ (homilagī), бордорӣ (bordorī), обистанӣ (tg) (obistanī) Telugu: గర్భము (te) (garbhamu) Thai: การตั้งครรภ์ (gaan dtâng kan) Turkish: hamilelik (tr) Turkmen: göwrelilik Ukrainian: вагі́тність (uk) f (vahítnistʹ) Urdu: حمل‎ (hamal) Uyghur: (bala sizip) Uzbek: homiladorlik (uz), boʻgʻozlik (uz) Vietnamese: sự có thai Volapük: grob (vo) Welsh: beichiogiad West Frisian: swierwêzen Yiddish: טראָגעדיקייט‎ f (trogedikeyt), שוואַנגערשאַפֿט‎ f (shvangershaft)

period of time

Burmese: ဓမ္မတာကာလ (dhamma.takala.) Chinese: Cantonese: 懷孕期, 怀孕期 (waai4 jan6 kei4) Mandarin: 懷孕期 (zh), 怀孕期 (zh) (huáiyùnqī, huáiyùnqí) Finnish: raskausaika, tiineysaika

French: grossesse (fr) f Latvian: grūtniecība f Maori: kukunetanga (advanced), hapūtanga (general) Slovak: tehotenstvo

progression from conception to birth

Basque: haurdunaldi Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gôrbhdharôṇ) Finnish: raskaus (fi), sikiönkehitys French: gestation (fr) f

Greek: κύηση (el) f (kýisi) Latin: praegnātiō f Slovak: tehotenstvo

See also

• with child