What does birth mean?
Definitions for birth
bɜrθbirth
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word birth.
Princeton's WordNet
birthnoun
the time when something begins (especially life)
"they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
birth, nativity, nascency, nascencenoun
the event of being born
"they celebrated the birth of their first child"
parturition, birth, giving birth, birthingnoun
the process of giving birth
parentage, birthnoun
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
birthverb
a baby born; an offspring
"the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, haveverb
cause to be born
"My wife had twins yesterday!"
Wiktionary
birthnoun
The process of childbearing.
birthnoun
An instance of childbirth.
birthnoun
A beginning or start; a point of origin.
birthnoun
The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
birthverb
To bear or give birth to (a child).
birthverb
To produce, give rise to.
birthadjective
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Webster Dictionary
Birthnoun
the act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son
Birthnoun
lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction
Birthnoun
the condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency
Birthnoun
the act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth
Birthnoun
that which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable
Birthnoun
origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire
Birthnoun
see Berth
Freebase
Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring from the uterus. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. The time of human birth is defined as the time at which the fetus comes out of the mother's womb into the world. Different forms of birth are oviparity, vivipary and ovovivipary.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Birth
bėrth, n. a ship's station at anchor. [Same as Berth.]
Birth
bėrth, n. the act of bearing or bringing forth: the offspring born: dignity of family: origin.—n. Birth′day, the day on which one is born, or the anniversary of that day.—adj. relating to the day of one's birth.—ns. Birth′day-book, a book in diary form, in which the birthdays of one's friends are entered in their autographs; Birth′dom (Shak.), birthright; Birth′-mark, a peculiar mark on one's body at birth; Birth′night, the night on which one is born, or the anniversary of that night; Birth′place, the place of one's birth; Birth′right, the right or privilege to which one is entitled by birth: native rights.—adj. Birth′-strang′led (Shak.), strangled in birth.—n. Birth′-wort, a genus of perennial plants, formerly used medicinally in cases of difficult parturition. [M. E. birÞe, prob. Scand.; cf. Goth, ga-baurÞs, Ger. ge-burt.]
Editors Contribution
birth
The act of being born.
The cow gave birth to her calf and it was such a joyous sight.
Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020birth
The natural movement of a baby through the birth canal, cervix and then out of the vagina of their mother.
The birth of the baby is a miracle they both agree.
Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'birth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1982
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'birth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3005
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'birth' in Nouns Frequency: #780
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of birth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of birth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of birth in a Sentence
Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...
Next year, in 2021, if Japan is anywhere like the rest of the world, there is an economic downturn, a recession maybe, these Games are a very positive opportunity for an economic stimulus, these Games can be how you kickstart the economy again. These Games could be the re-birth of the tourism industry, these Games could provide opportunities for hotel operators, for your airlines.
Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
In terms of preterm birth and infant mortality, the United States has the highest rates of any of the developed nations, our rates are more similar to that of developing nations. So the message, from my point of view, is that we cannot be complacent.
I was born in the Dominican Republic and my mom died when I was 7. I never had a birth certificate.
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- ولادة, بداية, ولد, وضع, مولد, ميلادArabic
- потекло, раждане, произход, раждам, началоBulgarian
- -ioù, ganedigezhBreton
- naixença, partCatalan, Valencian
- narození, porod, zrod, původ, poroditCzech
- genedigaethWelsh
- fødselDanish
- GeburtGerman
- καταγωγή, τοκετός, γέννα, γέννηση, γεννώGreek
- naskiĝoEsperanto
- nacimientoSpanish
- تولدPersian
- suku, sukujuuri, alku, synnyttää, syntymä, syntyperä, synnyttäminen, lisääntyminenFinnish
- eigaFaroese
- accoucher, naissanceFrench
- berteWestern Frisian
- breithIrish
- הוֹלִיד, לידהHebrew
- जन्मHindi
- szülés, származásHungarian
- ծնունդ, սկիզբArmenian
- nascentiaInterlingua
- kelahiranIndonesian
- akusharIdo
- fæðing, hingaðburðurIcelandic
- nascita, partoItalian
- הוּלHebrew
- 誕生, 成立, 出生, 勃興Japanese
- დაბადებაGeorgian
- ಜನನKannada
- 출생, 出生Korean
- مناڵبوونKurdish
- төрөлүш, туулуш, булак, тууш, ата тек, төрөт, тек, келип чыгышы, төрөлүү, туулуу, пайда болууKyrgyz
- nascentia, nativitas, pario, orīgoLatin
- gimimas, gimdymasLithuanian
- dzemdības, dzemdēšanaLatvian
- whānautanga, tīmatangaMāori
- раѓање, породување, зародиш, раѓа, потекло, родMacedonian
- ജനനംMalayalam
- geboorte, afkomst, baren, bevallingDutch
- fødselNorwegian
- narodzinyPolish
- parto, origem, nascimento, parir, dar à luzPortuguese
- unquyQuechua
- naștere, început, origineRomanian
- рождение, родыRussian
- rožastvo, rođenjeSerbo-Croatian
- porodiťSlovak
- rojstvo, roditi, porodSlovene
- födelse, början, födaSwedish
- zaa, zaliwa, kuzaa, zaliwSwahili
- பிறப்புTamil
- గర్భిణి, వంశము, కను, జన్మించుట, ప్రసవించు, పుట్టినTelugu
- กำเนิดThai
- doğumTurkish
- تولدUrdu
- sinh đẻ, đầu, gốc, [[sự]] [[ra đời]], dòng dõiVietnamese
- skepiaedje, vinowe å mondeWalloon
- געבורטYiddish
- 出生Chinese
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