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pregnant¹
- /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
- /ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/
Rhymes with -ɛɡnənt
Where it comes from
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").
adjective more pregnant · most pregnant · prægnant · pregnaunt
- Carrying developing offspring within the body. I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
- Of a couple: expecting a baby together. We are pregnant.
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Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
a pregnant pause
Similar: meaningful, significant
- Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.). The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide.
- Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible. The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.
- Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. play at subtill games; faire vertues all; To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant
- Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
Similar: expecting, expecting a baby, expectant, gravid, with child, fertilized, gone, eating for two, having a bun in the oven, in the family way, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout, in an interesting condition, big, carrying, child-great, delicate, enceinte, full, gestating, great, have a bun in the oven, heavy, hormonal, in a family way, in the club, in the pudding club, preg · Opposite: impregnant, nonpregnant, pseudopregnant, unpregnant
noun pregnants · prægnant · pregnaunt
- A pregnant person. The Entbundenen, or those already delivered, are separate from those pregnants awaiting their accouchement
pregnant²
- /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
- /ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/
Rhymes with -ɛɡnənt
Where it comes from
Apparently from Middle French pregnant, preignant (“pressing, compelling”), present participle of prembre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
adjective more pregnant · most pregnant · prægnant · pregnaunt
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Compelling; clear, evident.
Peregrine was in a little time a distinguished character, not only for his acuteness of apprehension, but also for that mischievous fertility of fancy, of which we have already given such pregnant examples.
Similar: eating for two, expectant, expecting, fertilized, gravid, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout, with child
Similar: big, carrying, child-great, delicate, enceinte, full, gestating, great, have a bun in the oven, heavy, hormonal, in a family way, in the club, in the pudding club, preg, pregs, preggie, preggo, pregnant, pupped, quick, up the kyte, up the stick, up the stump · Opposite: impregnant, nonpregnant, pseudopregnant, unpregnant
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gravid, enceinte, heavy, big, large, great, full, meaning, meaningful, significant, fraught, expectant, in trouble, with child, pregnancy, birthing
adjective
Similar: expecting, expecting a baby, expectant, gravid, with child, fertilized, gone, eating for two, having a bun in the oven, in the family way, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout, in an interesting condition, big, carrying, child-great, delicate, enceinte, full, gestating, great, have a bun in the oven, heavy, hormonal, in a family way, in the club, in the pudding club, preg · Opposite: impregnant, nonpregnant, pseudopregnant, unpregnant
adjective
Similar: big, carrying, child-great, delicate, enceinte, full, gestating, great, have a bun in the oven, heavy, hormonal, in a family way, in the club, in the pudding club, preg, pregs, preggie, preggo, pregnant, pupped, quick, up the kyte, up the stick, up the stump · Opposite: impregnant, nonpregnant, pseudopregnant, unpregnant
Translations
Every language
adj carrying developing offspring within the body
| Español | embarazado, preñado, encinto, grávido, en estado |
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| 한국어 | 임신하다 imsinhada |
| 日本語 | 妊娠している ninshin shite iru, おめでた omedeta |
| 中文 | 懷孕 /怀孕 huáiyùn, 有喜 yǒuxǐ, 有了 yǒule |
| हिन्दी | गर्भवती garbhavtī, अर्थगर्भित arthagarbhit, भावपूर्ण bhāvpūrṇ, परिग्राही parigrāhī, अर्थपूर्ण arthapūrṇ, गर्भिणी garbhiṇī |
| Português | grávido, prenhe, prenha |
| Français | enceint, plein, gravide, en gestation |
| Deutsch | schwanger, trächtig |
| Italiano | incinto, gravido, pregno |
| Ελληνικά | έγκυος égkyos |
| Română | gravidă, însărcinată, borțoasă |
| Русский | бере́менный berémennyj, в положе́нии v položénii, на сно́сях na snósjax, на снося́х na snosjáx, брюха́тый brjuxátyj |
| Tiếng Việt | có thai, có mang thai, có chửa, nghén |
| العربية | حَامِل ḥāmil, حَوامِلُ ḥawāmilu, حُبْلَى ḥublā |
| עברית | מעובר \ מְעֻבָּר m'ubár, בהיריון \ בְּהֵרָיוֹן b'herayón, הָרָה haré |
adj having many possibilities or implications
| Deutsch | bedeutungsvoll |
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| Italiano | gravido |
| Română | pregnant |
| Русский | чрева́тый črevátyj, содержа́тельный soderžátelʹnyj |
Talk about this word "pregnant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pregnant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pregnant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pregnant "pregnant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pregnant.Cite this
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title = {pregnant},
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