breastfeeding

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/ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/

noun

The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.

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Meanings

nounbreastfeeding (countable and uncountable, plural breastfeedings)

plural breastfeedings

  1. uncountableThe act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
  2. countableAn instance (session) of such feeding activity.

    Synonyms: breastfeed

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of breastfeed

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn instance (session) of such feeding activity.

Similar
breastfeed
Broader
feedingnursing
Also see
boobfeeding

Origin

From breast + feeding.

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Translations

Arabic رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة
  • رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة (raḍāʕa ṭabīʕiyya)activity
Bengali স্তন্যপান
  • স্তন্যপান (stônnôpan)activity
Bulgarian къ́рмене
  • къ́рмене (kắrmene)activity
Catalan alletament, lactància
  • alletamentactivity
  • lactànciaactivity
Chinese Mandarin 餵奶 /喂奶, 哺乳
  • 餵奶 /喂奶 (wèinǎi)activity
  • 哺乳 (bǔrǔ)activity
  • 母乳餵養 /母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)activity
Czech kojení
  • kojeníactivity
Dutch borstvoeding
  • borstvoedingactivity
Finnish rintaruokinta, imetys
  • rintaruokintaactivity
  • imetysactivity
French allaitement
  • allaitementactivity
German Stillen
  • Stillenactivity
Hindi स्तनपान
  • स्तनपान (stanpān)activity
Indonesian menyusui, menetek
  • menyusuiactivity
  • menetekactivity
Italian allattamento
  • allattamentoactivity
Japanese 母乳栄養, 授乳
  • 母乳栄養 (bonyū eiyō)activity
  • 授乳 (junyū)activity
Latin nūtrīcātus
  • nūtrīcātusactivity
Malay penyusuan
  • penyusuanactivity
Māori whakangote
  • whakangoteactivity
Norwegian Bokmål amming
  • ammingactivity
Persian شیردهی
  • شیردهی (širdehi)activity
Polish karmienie piersią
  • karmienie piersiąactivity
Portuguese aleitamento, amamentação
  • aleitamentoactivity
  • amamentaçãoactivity
Russian грудно́е вска́рмливание, кормле́ние гру́дью
  • грудно́е вска́рмливание (grudnóje vskármlivanije)activity
  • кормле́ние гру́дью (kormlénije grúdʹju)activity
Spanish lactancia, amamantamiento
  • lactanciaactivity
  • amamantamientoactivity
Swedish amning
  • amningactivity
Tagalog pag-ut-ot, pagpapasuso
  • pag-ut-otactivity
  • pagpapasusoactivity
Ukrainian годування грудьми, грудне́ вигодо́вування
  • годування грудьми (hoduvannja hrudʹmy)activity
  • грудне́ вигодо́вування (hrudné vyhodóvuvannja)activity

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with breastfeeding

readingleadingfeedingproceedingbreedingprecedingspreadingbleedingexceedingmisleadingneedingspeedingsucceedingbeadingpleadingseedingproofreadingweedingrecedinginbreedingkneadingrereadingmisreadingBeeding
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Cite this entry
APA

breastfeeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breastfeeding

MLA

“breastfeeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breastfeeding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breastfeeding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breastfeeding.

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