pregnancy
Syllables: preg·nan·cy/ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/
pregnancy noun: the condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
Noun
pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)
- The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
- 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
- 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, →DOI
- The period of time this condition prevails.
- The progression of stages from conception to birth.
pregnancy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pregnancy in Hindi
- 9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā
- period of time
- गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā
- progression from conception to birth
- गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā
pregnancy in Tamil
- கருப்பம், சூல்
pregnancy in Marathi
- 9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- गरोदरपण garodarpaṇ, गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā, गर्भधारणा garbhadhārṇā
- period of time
- गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā, गर्भधारणा garbhadhārṇā
- progression from conception to birth
- गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā
pregnancy in Urdu
- 9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus
- حَمْل haml, بارداری bārdārī, آبستنی ābistanī, آبستگی ābistagī, امید umīd
More languagesFewer languages
- pregnancy in Bengali
- গর্ভধারণ gorbhodharon
- pregnancy in Telugu
- గర్భము garbhamu
- pregnancy in Malayalam
- ഗർഭം gaṟbhaṁ, ഗർഭകാലം gaṟbhakālaṁ
- pregnancy in Kannada
- ಗಬ್ಬ gabba
- pregnancy in Punjabi
- ਹਮਲ hamal, ڈھڈ ḍhiḍḍ
- pregnancy in Gujarati
- ગર્ભાવસ્થા, સગર્ભાવસ્થા
- pregnancy in Odia
- ଗର୍ଭାବସ୍ଥା, ଗର୍ଭଧାରଣ
- pregnancy in Sanskrit
- गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇa
- pregnancy in Nepali
- गर्भावस्था, गर्भधारण
- pregnancy in Tagalog
- pagbubuntis, kabuntisan
- pregnancy in Arabic
- حَمْل ḥaml
- pregnancy in Malay
- kehamilan
- pregnancy in Indonesian
- kehamilan
- pregnancy in Persian
- حاملگی hâmelegi, بارداری bârdâri, آبستنی âbestani
- pregnancy in Thai
- การตั้งครรภ์ gaan-dtâng-kan
- pregnancy in Vietnamese
- sự có thai
- pregnancy in Myanmar
- ဓမ္မတာဝန် dhamma.tawan, ပဋိသန္ဓေ pa.ti.sandhe, သန္ဓေ sandhe, ကိုယ်ဝန် kuiywan
Examples of pregnancy in a sentence
- Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
- I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.
- The worst thing about my wife's pregnancy was her awful mood swings.
Synonyms of pregnancy
Forms of pregnancy
| plural | pregnancies |
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Origin of pregnancy
From pregnant + -cy.
Words formed from pregnancy
- anembryonic pregnancy
- antipregnancy
- biochemical pregnancy
- chemical pregnancy
- denial of pregnancy
- ectopic pregnancy
- eggnancy
- false pregnancy
- interpregnancy
- mask of pregnancy
- midpregnancy
- nonpregnancy
- peripregnancy
- phantom pregnancy
- postpregnancy
- pregnancy brain
- pregnancy loss
- pregnancy mask
- pregnancy pillow
- pregnancy school
- pregnancy sickness
- pregnancy test
- pregorexia
- prepregnancy
- pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
- puppy pregnancy syndrome
- toxaemia of pregnancy
- toxemia of pregnancy
Phrases with pregnancy
Questions about pregnancy
- What does pregnancy mean?
- Pregnancy means the condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
- What is pregnancy in Hindi?
- Pregnancy in Hindi is गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā). See Pregnancy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pregnancy?
- Pregnancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pregnancy?
- Pregnancy is pronounced /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/.
- What is the plural of pregnancy?
- The plural of pregnancy is pregnancies.
Words near pregnancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pregnancy (page history and authors); pregnancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಗಬ್ಬ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ڈھڈ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); pregnancy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pregnancy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pregnancy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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