expectant

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Adjective

expectant

1. Marked by expectation.

   the expectant hush before the performance

2. Pregnant.

   an expectant mother

3. (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.

Translations

• German: erwartend
• Russian: жду́щий
• Spanish: expectante

Translations

• German: schwanger, guter Hoffnung
• Italian: in dolce attesa
• Russian: бере́менная

Noun

expectant (plural expectants)

1. A person who expects or awaits something.

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