birth

Pronunciation

 * ,, verb also:
 * ,, verb also:

Etymology 1
From (1250), from earlier, , from ,  (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), replacing 🇨🇬 (rare variant ), equivalent to  (compare also ). The Old Norse is from (compare 🇨🇬, ); 🇨🇬 is from prefixed  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
 * 2)  An instance of childbirth.
 * 3)  A beginning or start; a point of origin.
 * 4)  The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
 * 5) That which is born.
 * 1)  The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
 * 2) That which is born.
 * 1) That which is born.
 * 1) That which is born.
 * 1) That which is born.

Usage notes
Birth and childbirth: Childbirth connotes the event as it occurs to the mother, whereas birth connotes it as it occurs to the offspring. For example, "the pain of childbirth" suggests pain the mother feels, while "the pain of birth" suggests pain the baby feels. Either term can be used from an outside perspective (Fathers are more and more frequently present at the birth/at childbirth).

Translations

 * Afar: ubka
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وِلَادَة, مَوْلِد,, تَوَلُّد
 * Egyptian Arabic: ميلاد
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: amintare
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ро́ды, нараджэ́нне
 * Bengali: পয়দায়েশ
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ра́ждане,
 * Catalan: naixença,
 * Chichewa: badwa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Estonian: sünd
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: nassince, part
 * Galician:, nacenza
 * Georgian: დაბადება
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: τόκος, γένεσις
 * Haitian Creole: nesans
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: fæðing
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: kebaitan, kebayitan
 * Kazakh: туу
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لەدایکبوون
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ການເກິດ
 * Latin: nascentia, nativitas,
 * Latvian: dzemdēšana, dzemdības
 * Lithuanian: gimdymas
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Macedonian: породување, раѓање
 * Malay:, ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whānautanga, wherereitanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fødsel
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Saho: ubka
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рође́ње
 * Roman:, rožastvo
 * Slovak: narodenie
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Sudovian: gimsenis
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:, , ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian A: cmol
 * Tocharian B: camel
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: dogluş
 * Ukrainian: поло́ги, наро́дження
 * Urdu: تولد, پیدائش, ولادت
 * Uyghur: تۇغۇلۇش
 * Uzbek: tugʻilish
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: berte


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , doğuluş
 * Belarusian: нараджэ́нне
 * Bulgarian: ра́ждане,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: naskiĝo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: part
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: τόκος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: nascentia
 * Italian:
 * Latin: nascentia, nativitas,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: породување, раѓање
 * Maori: whānautanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fødsel
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: pôrod, narodenie
 * Spanish:, alumbramiento
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: наро́дження
 * Urdu: تولد, پیدائش, ولادت


 * Arabic: وِلَادَة, بدايَة
 * Armenian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, naixença
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: γένεσις
 * Interlingua: nascentia
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: سەرەتا, لەدایکبوون
 * Latin:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Macedonian: раѓање, зародиш, почеток
 * Maori: tīmatanga
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: zaliw
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese:, sự ra đời


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: naixença
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , sukujuuri
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: потекло, род
 * Old English: ġebyrd
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak:
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Indonesian:
 * Latin:
 * Sindhi:,  ,
 * Telugu:

Adjective

 * 1) A familial relationship established by childbirth.
 * Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

Etymology 2
From, , from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To bear or give birth to (a child).
 * 2)  To produce, give rise to.
 * 1)  To produce, give rise to.
 * 1)  To produce, give rise to.
 * 1)  To produce, give rise to.

Usage notes

 * The term is much more common, especially in literal use.

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Breton:,   radical gan-
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: naski
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: დაბადება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: γεννᾰ́ω
 * Guaraní:  (1)
 * Hebrew: הוֹלִיד
 * Ido: ,
 * Ingrian: synnyttää
 * Interlingua:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: مناڵبوون
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: раѓа
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: unquy
 * Romanian:
 * Sanskrit: जनति
 * Slovak: porodiť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: dar a luz
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: பிறப்பை கொடு,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Tupinambá: ,
 * Turkish:

Etymology 3
See.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) pimple, blemish

Etymology 2
Diminutive lengthening of.

Noun

 * 1) son, little boy