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 Definitions of pregnant  [ˈprɛg nənt]  

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Definition of 'pregnant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) pregnant
having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.

2.  pregnant
fraught, filled, or abounding (usu. fol. by with):
a silence pregnant with suspense.

3.  pregnant
fertile; rich (often fol. by in):
a mind pregnant in ideas.

4.  pregnant
full of meaning; highly significant:
a pregnant utterance.

5.  pregnant
of great importance or potential; momentous:
a pregnant epoch in history.

6.  pregnant
teeming with ideas or imagination.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME < L praegnant-, s. of praegnāns, var. of praegnās=prae-pre - +*gnāt- (akin to (g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) +-s nom. sing. ending)

Definition of 'pregnant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) pregnant
carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

2. (adj) meaning(a), pregnant, significant
rich in significance or implication
"a meaning look"

3. (adj) fraught(p), pregnant
filled with or attended with
"words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"


Definition of 'pregnant' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) pregnant
(of a woman or female animal) having a baby developing inside her
a pregnant sheep; My sister is eight months pregnant.; She got pregnant when she was 21.


Definition of 'pregnant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) pregnant
being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth

2. (adj) pregnant
heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies

3. (adj) pregnant
full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth

4. (adj) pregnant
affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt

5. (noun) pregnant
a pregnant woman


Translation of 'pregnant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: carrying unborn young in the womb.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: swanger Arabic flag Arabic: حامِل، حُبْلى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бременна
Brazilian flag Brazilian: grávida Czech flag Czech: těhotný German flag German: schwanger
Danish flag Danish: gravid Greek flag Greek: έγκυος Spanish flag Spanish: embarazada, encinta
Estonian flag Estonian: rase Farsi flag Farsi: حامله Finnish flag Finnish: odottava
French flag French: enceinte Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּהֵיריוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: गर्भवती
Croatian flag Croatian: trudan Hungarian flag Hungarian: terhes Indonesian flag Indonesian: hamil
Icelandic flag Icelandic: óléttur, barnshafandi Italian flag Italian: incinta Japanese flag Japanese: 妊娠した
Korean flag Korean: 임신한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nėščia Latvian flag Latvian: grūtniecības stāvoklī
Malay flag Malay: mengandung Dutch flag Dutch: zwanger Norwegian flag Norwegian: gravid
Polish flag Polish: w ciąży Persian flag Persian: حامله Pashto flag Pashto: بلاربه، اميندواره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: grávida Romanian flag Romanian: însărcinată Russian flag Russian: беременная
Slovak flag Slovak: tehotná Slovenian flag Slovenian: noseča Serbian flag Serbian: trudna
Swedish flag Swedish: gravid, dräktig Thai flag Thai: มีครรภ์ Turkish flag Turkish: hamile
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 懷孕的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вагітна Urdu flag Urdu: حاملہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mang bầu Chinese flag Chinese: 怀孕的

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