Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable)The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The period of time this condition prevails.

    Schwangerschaft

    бере́менностьberémennostʹ

    вагі́тністьvahítnistʹ, бере́менністьberémennistʹ, тягі́тністьtjahítnistʹ

  3. (uncountable)The progression of stages from conception to birth.

    the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

Examples

130 sentences
  1. Is it safe to eat raw fish during pregnancy?

    ruБезопасно ли есть сырую рыбу во время беременности? — Wezel

  2. I never lost the weight that I gained during my pregnancy.

    deIch bin das Gewicht, das ich während meiner Schwangerschaft zugelegt habe, nie wieder losgeworden. — Waldelfe

  3. It's a pregnancy test and it's positive.

    Це тест на вагітність, і він позитивний. — deniko

  4. Birth control is cheaper than pregnancy.

  5. She took four different pregnancy tests.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus:
Русский
By meaning 1
9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
9-month period of carrying offspring in the uterus:

Origin

From pregnant + -cy.

From pregnant + -cy.

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