pregnant

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/

Adjective

pregnant

1. (mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

   I went to the doctor and, guess what, I'm pregnant!

   1. (of a couple) Expecting a baby together.

      We are pregnant.

2. (comparable) Having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.

   a pregnant pause

   • wherein the pregnant enemy does much

3. (now, poetic) Fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground etc.).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:

     The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide.

4. (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.

   • pregnant to good pity

5. (obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
6. (obsolete) Clear; evident.

Synonyms

• (carrying offspring (standard)) expecting, expecting a baby, expectant, gravid (of animals only), with child, fertilized
• (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)) eating for two, having a bun in the oven, in a family way, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout
• (carrying offspring (euphemistic)) in an interesting condition, in a family way
• (having many possibilities or implications) meaningful, significant
• See also Thesaurus:pregnant

Translations

• French: enceinte, enceint
• German: schwanger (of humans), trächtig (of animals)
• Italian: incinta, gravida, pregna
• Portuguese: grávida, prenhe, (colloquial) prenha
• Russian: бере́менный
• Spanish: embarazada, preñada, encinta

Translations

• German: bedeutungsvoll
• Italian: gravido
• Russian: чрева́тый

Noun

pregnant (plural pregnants)

1. A pregnant person.

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