Meanings
nounmiscarriage (countable and uncountable, plural miscarriages)
plural miscarriages
- countableuncountablenow rare except in miscarriage of justiceA failure; a mistake or error.First known use 16th c.
for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - countableuncountablemedicineThe spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.First known use 17th c.
Susan Billig had suffered four miscarriages before giving birth to her firstborn daughter, Amy[…] .
2026 July 29, Nicholas Muhoro, “Amy Billig Vanished While Hitchhiking Through Coconut Grove. Then the Calls Began”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026Synonyms: pregnancy loss, spontaneous abortion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna natural loss of the products of conception
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Englishcarriage
- Englishmiscarriage
Translations
Afrikaans miskraam
- miskraamnatural termination of pregnancy
Ancient Greek ἀποφθορά, ἔκτρωσις
- ἀποφθορά (apophthorá)natural termination of pregnancy
- ἔκτρωσις (éktrōsis)natural termination of pregnancy
Arabic إِجْهَاض, إِخْفَاق
- إِجْهَاض (ʔijhāḍ)natural termination of pregnancy
- إِخْفَاق (ʔiḵfāq)natural termination of pregnancy
- خَسَارَة (ḵasāra)natural termination of pregnancy
- سقوط الجنين (suqūṭ al-janīn)natural termination of pregnancy
Basque umegaltze, berezko abortu
- umegaltzenatural termination of pregnancy
- berezko abortunatural termination of pregnancy
Bengali গর্ভস্রাব
- গর্ভস্রাব (gorbhosrab)natural termination of pregnancy
Bulgarian або́рт, помя́тане
- або́рт (abórt)natural termination of pregnancy
- помя́тане (pomjátane)natural termination of pregnancy
Catalan avortament espontani
- avortament espontaninatural termination of pregnancy
Chinese Cantonese 流產 /流产
- 流產 /流产 (lau⁴ caan²)natural termination of pregnancy
Chinese Mandarin 流產 /流产, 小產 /小产
- 流產 /流产 (liúchǎn)natural termination of pregnancy
- 小產 /小产 (xiǎochǎn)natural termination of pregnancy
- 自然流產 /自然流产 (zìrán liúchǎn)natural termination of pregnancy
Czech potrat
- potratnatural termination of pregnancy
Danish abort
- abortnatural termination of pregnancy
Dutch miskraam, misdracht
- miskraamnatural termination of pregnancy
- misdrachtnatural termination of pregnancy
- misgeboortenatural termination of pregnancy
- abortusnatural termination of pregnancy
Esperanto aborto
- abortonatural termination of pregnancy
Estonian nurisünnitus
- nurisünnitusnatural termination of pregnancy
Finnish keskenmeno
- keskenmenonatural termination of pregnancy
French fausse couche
- fausse couchenatural termination of pregnancy
German Fehlgeburt
- Fehlgeburtnatural termination of pregnancy
Greek αποβολή
- αποβολή (apovolí)natural termination of pregnancy
Hebrew הַפָּלָה
- הַפָּלָה (hapalá)natural termination of pregnancy
Hindi गर्भस्राव
- गर्भस्राव (garbhasrāv)natural termination of pregnancy
Hungarian vetélés
- vetélésnatural termination of pregnancy
Icelandic fósturlát
- fósturlátnatural termination of pregnancy
Irish breith anabaí, anabaíocht
- breith anabaínatural termination of pregnancy
- anabaíochtnatural termination of pregnancy
Italian aborto
- abortonatural termination of pregnancy
Japanese 流産, 失敗
- 流産 (ryūzan)natural termination of pregnancy
- 失敗 (shippai)natural termination of pregnancy
Korean 유산, 류산
- 유산 (yusan)natural termination of pregnancy
- 류산 (ryusan)natural termination of pregnancy
Latin abortus, abortiō
- abortusnatural termination of pregnancy
- abortiōnatural termination of pregnancy
Latvian aborts
- abortsnatural termination of pregnancy
Lithuanian persileidimas
- persileidimasnatural termination of pregnancy
Malay keguguran
- kegugurannatural termination of pregnancy
Māori materoto, tahe
- materotonatural termination of pregnancy
- tahenatural termination of pregnancy
Norwegian Bokmål spontan abort, spontanabort
- spontan abortnatural termination of pregnancy
- spontanabortnatural termination of pregnancy
- abortnatural termination of pregnancy
Polish poronienie
- poronienienatural termination of pregnancy
Portuguese aborto, aborto espontâneo
- abortonatural termination of pregnancy
- aborto espontâneonatural termination of pregnancy
Punjabi ਗਰਭਪਾਤ, ਗਰਭ ਗਿਰਨਾ
- ਗਰਭਪਾਤ (garbhapāt)natural termination of pregnancy
- ਗਰਭ ਗਿਰਨਾ (garabh girnā)natural termination of pregnancy
Romanian avort
- avortnatural termination of pregnancy
Russian вы́кидыш
- вы́кидыш (výkidyš)natural termination of pregnancy
Slovak potrat
- potratnatural termination of pregnancy
Spanish aborto, aborto espontáneo
- abortonatural termination of pregnancy
- aborto espontáneonatural termination of pregnancy
- aborto naturalnatural termination of pregnancy
- aborto involuntarionatural termination of pregnancy
Swahili mimba kuharibika
- mimba kuharibikanatural termination of pregnancy
Swedish missfall, spontanabort
- missfallnatural termination of pregnancy
- spontanabortnatural termination of pregnancy
Tagalog pagkaagas
- pagkaagasnatural termination of pregnancy
Tamil கருச்சிதைவு
- கருச்சிதைவு (karuccitaivu)natural termination of pregnancy
Thai การแท้ง, การรีดลูก
- การแท้ง (gaan-tɛ́ng)natural termination of pregnancy
- การรีดลูก (gaan-rîit-lûuk)natural termination of pregnancy
Turkish düşük, ceninisakıt
- düşüknatural termination of pregnancy
- ceninisakıtnatural termination of pregnancy
Ukrainian ви́кидень
- ви́кидень (výkydenʹ)natural termination of pregnancy
Urdu اسقاط حمل, اسقاط
- اسقاط حمل (isqāt-e-haml)natural termination of pregnancy
- اسقاط (isqāt)natural termination of pregnancy
- وضع حمل (vaze-e-hamal)natural termination of pregnancy
- اخراجِ جنین (ixrāj-e-janīn)natural termination of pregnancy
Vietnamese sự sẩy thai
- sự sẩy thainatural termination of pregnancy
Welsh camesgoriad
- camesgoriadnatural termination of pregnancy
Yiddish מפּלה
- מפּלה (mapole)natural termination of pregnancy
Cite this entry
APA
miscarriage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscarriage
MLA
“miscarriage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscarriage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miscarriage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscarriage.
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