birth
The process of childbearingThe process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
» May I have your birth date?
Могу я узнать вашу дату рождения?
Можу я дізнатися вашу дату народження?
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
Geburt
ро́дыródy, рожде́ниеroždénije
поло́гиpolóhy, наро́дженняnaródžennja
(countable)An instance of childbirth.
Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
Geburt
рожде́ниеroždénije
наро́дженняnaródžennja
(countable)A beginning or start; a point of origin.
the birth of an empire
Geburt
нача́лоnačálo, рожде́ниеroždénije, зарожде́ниеzaroždénije
(uncountable)The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
Abstammung
(countable, uncountable)That which is born.
the event of being born
Examples
546 sentencesMay I have your birth date?
Можу я дізнатися вашу дату народження?
ruМогу я узнать вашу дату рождения?
Tom couldn't find his birth certificate.
Том не зміг знайти своє свідоцтво про народження.
Tom has lost his birth certificate.
Том загубив своє свідоцтво про народження.
She gave birth to a daughter yesterday.
Вона вчора народила доньку.
ruОна родила вчера дочку.
She gave birth to a healthy baby.
Вона народила здорову дитину.
ruОна родила здорового ребёнка.
deSie gebar ein gesundes Baby.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrdFrom Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ġebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear + -th (thus a piecewise doublet of berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ġebyrd is from prefixed *gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰŕ̥tis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.
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Forms
plural: birthsSynonyms
7 synonyms- the event of being born:nativitynascencynascence
- the process of giving birth:parturitiongiving birthbirthing
- the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents:parentage
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
83 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
9 patterns- birth certificate
- gave birth to
- gave birth
- date of birth
- your birth certificate
- birth to twins
- his birth parents
- birth parents
- birth to a