childbearing

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childbearing

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From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

noun childbearings · child-bearing

  1. uncountable, usually The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition. women of childbearing age

adjective child-bearing

  1. not comparable Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth. Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories.
  2. figuratively, informal, not comparable Of a woman's hips, attractively wide. Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide.

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noun the process of giving birth

Españolembarazo
Ελληνικάτεκνοποίηση teknopoíisi
Русскийдеторожде́ние detoroždénije

adj Translations

Deutschgebärfreudig
Ελληνικάτεκνοποιητικός teknopoiitikós

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@misc{childbearing_2026,
  title = {childbearing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/childbearing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}