birth
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
birth
- (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
- (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- the birth of an empire
- (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
- That which is born.
- Misspelling of berth
- (beginning of life) death
- French: naissance
- German: Geburt
- Italian: nascita, parto
- Portuguese: nascimento
- Russian: ро́ды
- Spanish: nacimiento
- French: accouchement
- Italian: parto
- Portuguese: parto, nascimento
- Russian: рожде́ние
- Spanish: parto
- German: Geburt
- Italian: nascita
- Portuguese: nascimento, origem
- Russian: нача́ло
- Spanish: nacimiento
- Italian: nascita
- Portuguese: nascimento
birth (not comparable)
- A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
birth (births, present participle birthing; past and past participle birthed)
- (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
- (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
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