Meanings
nounpregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)
plural pregnancies
- countableThe condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD).
2015 October 23, “Periconception Maternal Folate Status and Human Embryonic Cerebellum Growth Trajectories: The Rotterdam Predict Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI1 more example
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.
2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian - countableuncountableThe period of time this condition prevails.
- uncountableThe progression of stages from conception to birth.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Broader
physical conditionphysiological statephysiological condition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans swangerskap
- swangerskap9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Ancient Greek κύησις
- κύησις (kúēsis)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Arabic حَمْل
- حَمْل (ḥaml)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Basque haurduntza, haurdunaldi
- haurduntza9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- haurdunaldiperiod of time
- haurdunaldiprogression from conception to birth
Bengali গর্ভধারণ, গর্ভধারণ
- গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon)progression from conception to birth
Bulgarian бре́менност, бре́менност
- бре́менност (brémennost)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- бре́менност (brémennost)period of time
Catalan embaràs, prenyat
- embaràs9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- prenyat9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Chinese Cantonese 懷孕 /怀孕, 妊娠
- 懷孕 /怀孕 (waai⁴ jan⁶)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- 妊娠 (jam⁶ san¹)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- 懷胎 /怀胎 (waai⁴ toi¹)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- 懷孕期 /怀孕期 (waai⁴ jan⁶ kei⁴)period of time
Chinese Mandarin 懷孕 /怀孕, 妊娠
- 懷孕 /怀孕 (huáiyùn)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- 妊娠 (rènshēn)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- 懷胎 /怀胎 (huáitāi)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- 懷孕期 /怀孕期 (huáiyùnqī, huáiyùnqí)period of time
- 孕期 (yùnqī)period of time
- 懷孕階段 /怀孕阶段 (huáiyùn jiēduàn)progression from conception to birth
- 妊娠階段 /妊娠阶段 (rènshēn jiēduàn)progression from conception to birth
Czech těhotenství, gravidita
- těhotenství9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- gravidita9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Danish graviditet, svangerskab
- graviditet9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- svangerskab9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Dutch zwangerschap
- zwangerschap9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Esperanto gravedeco
- gravedeco9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Estonian rasedus
- rasedus9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Finnish raskaus, tiineys
- raskaus9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- tiineys9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- raskausaikaperiod of time
- tiineysaikaperiod of time
- raskausprogression from conception to birth
- sikiönkehitysprogression from conception to birth
French grossesse, gestation
- grossesse9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- gestation9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- grossesseperiod of time
- gestationprogression from conception to birth
German Schwangerschaft
- Schwangerschaft9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Greek εγκυμοσύνη, κύηση
- εγκυμοσύνη (egkymosýni)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- κύηση (kýisi)progression from conception to birth
Hawaiian hapaina, kauhua
- hapaina9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- kauhua9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Hebrew היריון \ הֵרָיוֹן
- היריון \ הֵרָיוֹן (herayón)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Hindi गर्भावस्था, गर्भावस्था
- गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)period of time
- गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)progression from conception to birth
Hungarian terhesség
- terhesség9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Icelandic meðganga
- meðganga9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Indonesian kehamilan
- kehamilan9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Irish toircheas
- toircheas9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Italian gravidanza
- gravidanza9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Japanese 妊娠
- 妊娠 (ninshin)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Korean 임신
- 임신 (imsin)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Latin graviditās, gravitas
- graviditās9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- gravitas9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- praegnātiō9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- praegnātiōprogression from conception to birth
Latvian grūtniecība, grūtniecība
- grūtniecība9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- grūtniecībaperiod of time
Lithuanian nėštumas
- nėštumas9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Malay kehamilan
- kehamilan9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Māori kukunetanga, hapūtanga
- kukunetanga9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- hapūtanga9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- kukunetangaperiod of time
- hapūtangaperiod of time
Norwegian Bokmål svangerskap, graviditet
- svangerskap9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- graviditet9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Persian حاملگی, بارداری
- حاملگی (hâmelegi)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- بارداری (bârdâri)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- آبستنی (âbestani)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Polish ciąża, brzemienność
- ciąża9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- brzemienność9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Portuguese gravidez, prenhez
- gravidez9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- prenhez9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Romanian graviditate, sarcină
- graviditate9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- sarcină9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Russian бере́менность
- бере́менность (berémennostʹ)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Scottish Gaelic leatrom, leatromachd
- leatrom9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- leatromachd9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- torraicheas9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Slovak tehotenstvo, gravidita
- tehotenstvo9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- gravidita9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- tehotenstvoperiod of time
- tehotenstvoprogression from conception to birth
Spanish embarazo, gravidez
- embarazo9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- gravidez9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- preñez9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- embarazoperiod of time
Swahili mimba, ujauzito
- mimba9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- ujauzito9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Swedish graviditet
- graviditet9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Tagalog pagbubuntis, kabuntisan
- pagbubuntis9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- kabuntisan9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Thai การตั้งครรภ์
- การตั้งครรภ์ (gaan-dtâng-kan)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Turkish hamilelik
- hamilelik9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Ukrainian вагі́тність, бере́менність
- вагі́тність (vahítnistʹ)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- бере́менність (berémennistʹ)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- тягі́тність (tjahítnistʹ)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- тя́жа (tjáža)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- черева́тість (čerevátistʹ)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Urdu حَمْل, بارداری
- حَمْل (haml)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- بارداری (bārdārī)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- آبستنی (ābistanī)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- آبستگی (ābistagī)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- امید (umīd)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Vietnamese sự có thai
- sự có thai9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Welsh beichiogiad, beichiogrwydd
- beichiogiad9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- beichiogrwydd9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Yiddish טראָגעדיקייט, שוואַנגערשאַפֿט
- טראָגעדיקייט (trogedikeyt)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- שוואַנגערשאַפֿט (shvangershaft)9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
Cite this entry
APA
pregnancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregnancy
MLA
“pregnancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregnancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pregnancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregnancy.
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