miscarriage
UK/ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ//ˈmɪs.kæɹ.əd͡ʒ/
miscarriage noun: a failure; a mistake or error.
Noun
miscarriage (countable and uncountable, plural miscarriages)
- A failure; a mistake or error.
- 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
- The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.
- 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 2026
- Synonyms:
- pregnancy loss, spontaneous abortion
miscarriage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
miscarriage in Hindi
- natural termination of pregnancy
- गर्भस्राव garbhasrāv
miscarriage in Tamil
- natural termination of pregnancy
- கருச்சிதைவு karuccitaivu
miscarriage in Marathi
- natural termination of pregnancy
- गर्भस्राव garbhasrāv
miscarriage in Urdu
- natural termination of pregnancy
- اسقاط حمل isqāt-e-haml, اسقاط isqāt, وضع حمل vaze-e-hamal, اخراجِ جنین ixrāj-e-janīn
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- miscarriage in Bengali
- গর্ভস্রাব gorbhosrab
- miscarriage in Telugu
- మిస్క్యారేజ్ miskyārēj, గర్భస్రావము garbhasrāvamu
- miscarriage in Malayalam
- ഗർഭമലസൽ gaṟbhamalasal
- miscarriage in Kannada
- ಗರ್ಭಪಾತ garbhapāta
- miscarriage in Punjabi
- ਗਰਭਪਾਤ garbhapāt, ਗਰਭ ਗਿਰਨਾ garabh girnā
- miscarriage in Gujarati
- કસુવાવડ kasuvāvaḍ
- miscarriage in Odia
- ସ୍ୱତଃ ଗର୍ଭପାତ swataḥ garbhapāta
- miscarriage in Sanskrit
- स्राव srāva
- miscarriage in Tagalog
- pagkaagas
- miscarriage in Arabic
- إِجْهَاض ʔijhāḍ, إِخْفَاق ʔiḵfāq, خَسَارَة ḵasāra, سقوط الجنين suqūṭ al-janīn
- miscarriage in Malay
- keguguran
- miscarriage in Thai
- การแท้ง gaan-tɛ́ng, การรีดลูก gaan-rîit-lûuk
- miscarriage in Vietnamese
- sự sẩy thai
Synonyms of miscarriage
Forms of miscarriage
| plural | miscarriages |
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Origin of miscarriage
From mis- + carriage.
Words formed from miscarriage
Phrases with miscarriage
Questions about miscarriage
- What does miscarriage mean?
- Miscarriage means a failure; a mistake or error.
- What is miscarriage in Hindi?
- Miscarriage in Hindi is गर्भस्राव (garbhasrāv). See Miscarriage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is miscarriage?
- Miscarriage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce miscarriage?
- Miscarriage is pronounced /ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of miscarriage?
- The plural of miscarriage is miscarriages.
Words near miscarriage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: miscarriage (page history and authors); स्राव (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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