English

Pronunciation

• bû(r)th, /bɜː(r)θ/, /b3:(r)T/

  Homophones: berth

Noun

birth (plural: births)

1. (uncountable) The process of childbearing .
2. (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
3. (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing of noble birth.

Translations

• Arabic: ولادة
• Breton: ganedigezh f -ioù (1,2)
• Bulgarian: раждане n (1), начало n (2), произход m (3), потекло n (3)
• Chinese: 分娩 , 出生
• Czech: narození n (1), porod m (1), zrod m (2), původ m (3)
• Dutch: geboorte f (1), afkomst f (3)
• Finnish: synnytys (1), syntymä (2,3)
• French: naissance f
•  : nasko
• Indonesian: kelahiran
• Italian: nascita f
• Japanese: 誕生 (たんじょう), 出産 (しゅっさん)
• Latin: nativitas f
• Spanish: nacimiento m
• Swedish: födelse c (1) början c (2)

Related terms

• accident of birth
• bear
• birth control
• birthdate
• birthday
• birthing
• birth mother
• birth pangs
• birth parent
• birth pill
• birthplace
• birthrate
• birthright
• birthstone
• born
• give birth
• noble birth
• virgin birth

Verb

to birth

1. (regional) To bear children or to give birth.

Translations

• Arabic: يولد
• Breton: engehentañ (1), genel radical gan- (2)
• Bulgarian: раждам
• Czech: porodit (=give birth), narodit se (=be born)
• Dutch: baren
• Finnish: synnyttää

  accoucher

• Guarani: eñõi (t-) (1)
• Ido : akushar
• Interlingua: nascentia (1,2,3)
• Portuguese: nascimento m (1,2,3)
• Romanian: naştere f
• Swedish: föda (=give birth)
• Tupinambá: 'ara (1), 'araba (3)

See also

• Wikipedia article on birth