family planning

noun

Birth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples.

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birth controlbirth prevention
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Meanings

nounfamily planning (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlimiting the number of children born

Similar
birth controlbirth prevention
Broader
planning
Also see
birth control

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 計劃生育 /计划生育
  • 計劃生育 /计划生育 (jìhuà shēngyù)birth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Dutch gezinsplanning
  • gezinsplanningbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Finnish perhesuunnittelu
  • perhesuunnittelubirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
French planification familiale, planning familial
  • planification familialebirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
  • planning familialbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
German Familienplanung
  • Familienplanungbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Hungarian családtervezés
  • családtervezésbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Indonesian keluarga berencana
  • keluarga berencanabirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Japanese 家族計画
  • 家族計画 (kazoku keikaku)birth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Malay perancangan keluarga
  • perancangan keluargabirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Persian تنظیم خانواده
  • تنظیم خانوادهbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Polish planowanie rodziny
  • planowanie rodzinybirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Portuguese planejamento familiar
  • planejamento familiarbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Romanian planificare de familie
  • planificare de familiebirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Russian плани́рование семьи́
  • плани́рование семьи́ (planírovanije semʹí)birth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Spanish planificación familiar
  • planificación familiarbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Swahili upangaji uzazi
  • upangaji uzazibirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Swedish familjeplanering
  • familjeplaneringbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Tagalog sabalak-angkan
  • sabalak-angkanbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Turkish aile planlaması
  • aile planlamasıbirth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples
Cite this entry
APA

family planning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/family%20planning

MLA

“family planning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/family%20planning. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “family planning,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/family%20planning.

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