gestation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
2. (countable, uncountable) The process of development of a plan or idea.

Synonyms

pregnancy

gravidity

conception

maternity

development

gestation period

growing

growth

maturation

mellowing

onerousness

ponderousness

pregnant

ripening

strenuousness

weightiness

with young

gravidation

maturement

advance

graviditas

childbearing

evolution

explication

gestate

gravidness

Translations

gestación

gestation

gestazione

grossesse

gravidanza

gravidez

Schwangerschaft

embarazo

gestação

κυοφορία

εγκυμοσύνη

embaràs

حمل

prenyat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.