Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To release live offspring from the body into the environment.

    It was clear that she was about to give birth.

  2. (transitive)To become the parent of by birthing.

    She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

    gebären, zur Welt bringen

    рожа́тьrožátʹ, рожда́тьroždátʹ, роди́тьrodítʹ

    роди́тиrodýty, наро́джуватиnaródžuvaty, народи́тиnarodýty

  3. (figuratively, idiomatic, transitive, usually)To become the source of.

    Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.

    порожда́тьporoždátʹ, породи́тьporodítʹ

More definitions
  • cause to be born
  • create or produce an idea

Examples

238 sentences
  1. She gave birth to a daughter yesterday.

    Вона вчора народила доньку. — deniko

    ruОна родила вчера дочку. — Ooneykcall

  2. She gave birth to a healthy baby.

    Вона народила здорову дитину. — ascolto

    ruОна родила здорового ребёнка. — Balamax

    deSie gebar ein gesundes Baby. — Dejo

  3. She gave birth to a pretty baby girl last week.

    Вона народила чудову дівчинку на минулому тижні. — aandrusiak

    ruОна родила хорошенькую девочку на прошлой неделе. — al_ex_an_der

    deSie hat letzte Woche ein hübsches kleines Mädchen bekommen. — samueldora

  4. She gave birth to twin girls.

    ruОна родила девочек-двойняшек. — soniamiku

    deSie brachte Zwillinge zur Welt, zwei Mädchen. — xtofu80

  5. Mary gave birth to a boy.

    ruМэри родила мальчика. — Wezel

    deMaria hat einen Jungen geboren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
produce new life:
Русский
By meaning 2
produce new life:
to become the source of:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
produce new life:

Forms

gives birth, giving birth, gave birth, given birth
Base formgive birth · to give birth
3rd person singulargives birth
Present participlegiving birth
Past simplegave birth
Past participlegiven birth

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygive birth
he, she, itgives birth

Past simpleLesson

all personsgave birth

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave given birth
he, she, ithas given birth

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill give birth

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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