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enfantement

enfantement noun: the act of giving birth.

Noun

enfantement (plural enfantements)

  1. (obsolete) The act of giving birth.
    • "Which? She's expecting a second enfantement, you know, immediately...Oh, she's such a quick puss."1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 112

Forms of enfantement

pluralenfantements

Origin of enfantement

Borrowed from French enfantement.

Questions about enfantement

What does enfantement mean?
Enfantement means the act of giving birth.
What part of speech is enfantement?
Enfantement is a noun.
What is the plural of enfantement?
The plural of enfantement is enfantements.

Words near enfantement in the dictionary

  1. enfamishes
  2. enfamishing
  3. enfancy
  4. enfant de coeur
  5. enfant terrible
  6. enfantement
  7. enfantements
  8. enfants terribles
  9. enfasten
  10. enfastened
  11. enfastening

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