parturition
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/, /ˌpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃəˈɹɪʃən/
Noun
parturition (countable and uncountable, plural parturitions)
- The act of giving birth; childbirth.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], OCLC 560090630, part I [Telemachia], page 14:
- femoules emaciated by parturition
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Translations
act of giving birth
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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin parturitio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʁ.ty.ʁi.sjɔ̃/
Related terms
- parturiante
Further reading
- “parturition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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