Meanings
present singular third person gives birth · participle present giving birth · past gave birth · participle past given birth
- intransitiveTo release live offspring from the body into the environment.
It was clear that she was about to give birth.
- transitiveTo become the parent of by birthing.
She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.
2 more examples
The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat Qu, and forced her and the baby to live in a small shack.
1988, Emily Honig, Gail Hershatter, “Divorce”, in Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980's, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 219The rest of the Orville's crew underwent changes as well. Bortus' beliefs were challenged when he gave birth to a daughter - on Moclan society, males are the dominant species and females must undergo a mandatory sex change.
2022 June 1, Collier Jennings, “'The Orville': Everything You Need to Know Before Season 3”, in The ColliderSynonyms: shit out
- figurativelyidiomatictransitiveusuallyTo become the source of.
Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become the parent of by birthing.
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Translations
Ancient Greek τίκτω
- τίκτω (tíktō)produce new life
Arabic وَلَدَ, أَنْجَبَ
- وَلَدَ (walada)produce new life
- أَنْجَبَ (ʔanjaba)produce new life
Basque erditu
- erdituproduce new life
Bengali প্রসব করা, জন্ম দেত্তয়া
- প্রসব করা (prośob kora)produce new life
- জন্ম দেত্তয়া (jonmo dettoẏa)produce new life
Bulgarian пораждам, породя
- пораждам (poraždam)to become the source of
- породя (porodja)to become the source of
- ра́ждам (ráždam)produce new life
- родя́ (rodjá)produce new life
Catalan parir, donar a llum
- parirproduce new life
- donar a llumproduce new life
Chinese Cantonese 生, 生育
- 生 (saang¹)produce new life
- 生育produce new life
- 產 /产 (caan²)produce new life
Chinese Mandarin 生, 生育
- 生 (shēng)produce new life
- 生育 (shēngyù)produce new life
- 產 /产 (chǎn)produce new life
Czech porodit, rodit
- poroditproduce new life
- roditproduce new life
Danish føde
- fødeproduce new life
Dutch baren
- barenproduce new life
Esperanto naski
- naskiproduce new life
Estonian sünnitama
- sünnitamaproduce new life
Finnish keksiä, luoda
- keksiäto become the source of
- luodato become the source of
- synnyttääproduce new life
French mettre au monde, accoucher
- mettre au mondeproduce new life
- accoucherproduce new life
- donner naissanceproduce new life
German gebären, zur Welt bringen
- gebärenproduce new life
- zur Welt bringenproduce new life
Greek γεννώ
- γεννώ (gennó)produce new life
Hebrew יָלַד, הוֹלִיד
- יָלַד (yalád)produce new life
- הוֹלִיד (holíd)produce new life
- הִמְלִיט (himlít)produce new life
Hindi जन्म देना
- जन्म देना (janma denā)produce new life
Hungarian szül, világra hoz
- szülproduce new life
- világra hozproduce new life
- életet adproduce new life
Icelandic fæða
- fæðaproduce new life
Indonesian melahirkan
- melahirkanproduce new life
Irish beir
- beirproduce new life
Italian dare alla luce, venire al mondo
- dare alla luceproduce new life
- venire al mondoproduce new life
- far nascereproduce new life
- partorireproduce new life
Japanese 生む, 産む
- 生む (umu)produce new life
- 産む (umu)produce new life
Korean 낳다
- 낳다 (nata)produce new life
Latin gignō, prōdō
- gignōto become the source of
- prōdōto become the source of
- pariōproduce new life
- partū ēdōproduce new life
Latvian dzemdēt
- dzemdētproduce new life
Lithuanian gimdyti
- gimdytiproduce new life
Malay melahirkan, memperanakkan
- melahirkanproduce new life
- memperanakkanproduce new life
Māori whānau, whakawhānau
- whānauproduce new life
- whakawhānauproduce new life
Norwegian Bokmål bære, fram
- bæreproduce new life
- framproduce new life
- fødeproduce new life
Polish rodzić, urodzić
- rodzićto become the source of
- urodzićto become the source of
- rodzićproduce new life
- urodzićproduce new life
Portuguese dar à luz, parir
- dar à luzproduce new life
- parirproduce new life
Romanian naște
- nașteproduce new life
Russian порожда́ть, породи́ть
- порожда́ть (poroždátʹ)to become the source of
- породи́ть (porodítʹ)to become the source of
- рожа́ть (rožátʹ)produce new life
- рожда́ть (roždátʹ)produce new life
- роди́ть (rodítʹ)produce new life
- производи́ть на свет (proizvodítʹ na svet)produce new life
- произвести́ на свет (proizvestí na svet)produce new life
Slovak porodiť, rodiť
- porodiťproduce new life
- rodiťproduce new life
Spanish parir, dar a luz
- parirto become the source of
- dar a luzproduce new life
- parirproduce new life
- jedarproduce new life
- aliviarseproduce new life
Swedish kläcka, föda
- kläckato become the source of
- födaproduce new life
Tagalog manganak, luwal
- manganakproduce new life
- luwalproduce new life
Tamil பெறு
- பெறு (peṟu)produce new life
Thai ประสูติ, ตกลูก
- ประสูติ (bprà-sùut)produce new life
- ตกลูก (dtòk-lûuk)produce new life
- คลอด (klɔ̂ɔt)produce new life
Turkish doğurmak, dünyaya getirmek
- doğurmakproduce new life
- dünyaya getirmekproduce new life
Ukrainian роди́ти, наро́джувати
- роди́ти (rodýty)produce new life
- наро́джувати (naródžuvaty)produce new life
- народи́ти (narodýty)produce new life
Urdu جَنْمَ دینا
- جَنْمَ دینا (janma denā)produce new life
Vietnamese sinh, đẻ
- sinhproduce new life
- đẻproduce new life
Welsh esgori
- esgoriproduce new life
Yiddish האָבן
- האָבן (hobn)produce new life
Cite this entry
give birth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20birth
“give birth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20birth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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