parturition

Meaning

The act of giving birth; childbirth.

Synonyms

childbirth

delivery

birth

labor

giving birth

deliverance

birthing

childbearing

travail

labour

lying-in

confinement

vaginal birth

production

child-bearing

lambing

one’s child

one’s other self

child birth

obstetrical delivery

bearing

parturiency

branch

calving

child-birth

farrowing

foaling

kidding

manufacture

offshoot

output

produce

produced

whelping

child bearing

Translations

parturition

accouchement

parto

parto

parto

Geburt

ولادة

naissance

γέννα

Entbindung

baring

τοκετός

travail

nascita

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin parturitiō (“parturition”), from parturiō, from pariō (“to give birth”).