parturition

From Latin parturitiō (“parturition”), from parturiō, from pariō (“to give birth”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/, /ˌpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃəˈɹɪʃən/

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parturition (countable and uncountable, plural parturitions)

2. (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.

   Synonym: childbirth

   Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 33:

     So strange is the scripture of the sky! Innumerable legends and customs connect the rebirth of the Sun with a Virgin parturition.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 14:

     femoules emaciated by parturition

• parturient

Learned borrowing from Latin parturitiō.

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ty.ʁi.sjɔ̃/

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parturition f (plural parturitions)

1. parturition

• parturiante

• “parturition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012