Meanings
plural primiparas · plural primiparae
- biologyA woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.First known use mid 19th c.
Synonyms: primigravid, primigravida, primip · Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, multip, multipara
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
nounA woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-“to carry forth”
- Latinprīmipara“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”
- Englishprimipara
Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”), from prīmus (“first”) + parere (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.
More words from Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian първескиня
- първескиня (părveskinja)woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
Chinese Mandarin 初產婦 /初产妇
- 初產婦 /初产妇 (chūchǎnfù)woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
French primipare
- primiparewoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
German Erstgebärende, Primipara
- Erstgebärendewoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
- Primiparawoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
Hungarian primipara, először szülő
- primiparawoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
- először szülőwoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
- primiparawoman or female animal that has carried a pregnancy to a viable gestational age
- egyszer szültwoman or female animal that has carried a pregnancy to a viable gestational age
Italian primipara
- primiparawoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
Spanish primípara
- primíparawoman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida
Cite this entry
primipara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primipara
“primipara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primipara. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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