pregnant

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
2. (not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
3. (comparable) Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
4. (poetic) Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
5. (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
6. (obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.

Noun

A pregnant person.

Synonyms

with young

with child

expecting

expectant

gravid

conceive

significant

be pregnant

in the family way

fraught

round

enceinte

big with child

big

meaning

heavy

full

become pregnant

impregnated

conceived

meaningful

be in the family way

full of meaning

complete

filled

clear

behavior

flush

fertile

fecund

childing

expressive

laboured

carry

beefy

anticipant

inventive

influential

enlarged

in a family way

imaginative

hefty

cumbrous

infold

bundle

labored

cuddle

leaden

loaded

gone

Translations

enceinte

schwanger

embarazada

incinta

encinta

grávida

zwanger

preñada

gravida

drachtig

trächtig

έγκυος

gebe

hamile

in verwachting

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: preignant

In summary

From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").