pregnant

preg·nant ¹

 (prĕg′nənt)

adj.

1. Carrying developing offspring within the body.

2.

a. Weighty or significant; full of meaning: a conversation occasionally punctuated by pregnant pauses.

b. Of great or potentially great import, implication, or moment: "It was a politically pregnant time in Poland" (New York).

3. Filled or fraught; replete: "This was, from the Party's point of view, both deplorable in itself and pregnant with danger for the future" (Robert Conquest).

4. Having a profusion of ideas; creative or inventive.

5. Producing results; fruitful: a pregnant decision.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praegnāns, praegnant-, variant of praegnās; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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preg′nant·ly adv.

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preg·nant ²

 (prĕg′nənt)

adj. Archaic

Convincing; cogent. Used of an argument or a proof.

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[Middle English, probably from Old French preignant, present participle of prembre, to press, from Latin premere; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

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pregnant

(ˈprɛɡnənt)

adj

1. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb

2. full of meaning or significance

3. inventive or imaginative

4. prolific or fruitful

[C16: from Latin praegnāns with child, from prae before + (g)nascī to be born]

ˈpregnantly adv

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preg•nant¹

(ˈprɛg nənt)

adj.

1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.

2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usu. fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense.

3. fertile; rich (often fol. by in): a mind pregnant in ideas.

4. full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.

5. of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant epoch in history.

6. teeming with ideas or imagination.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praegnant-, s. of praegnāns, variant of praegnās=prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to (g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nominative singular ending]

preg•nant²

(ˈprɛg nənt)

adj.

Archaic. convincing; cogent.

[1350–1400; Middle English preignant < Old French, present participle of preindre, earlier priembre to press¹]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life nonpregnant - not pregnant
	2.	pregnant - rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" meaning, significant meaningful - having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"
	3.	pregnant - filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" fraught full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

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pregnant

adjective

1. expectant, expecting (informal), with child, in the club (Brit. slang), in the family way (informal), gravid, preggers (Brit. informal), enceinte, in the pudding club (slang), big or heavy with child Tina was pregnant with their first child.

2. meaningful, pointed, charged, significant, telling, loaded, expressive, eloquent, weighty, suggestive There was a long, pregnant silence.

3. (with with) full of, rich in, fraught with, teeming with, replete with, abounding in, abundant in, fecund with The songs are pregnant with irony and insight.

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pregnant

adjective

1. Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus:

big, enceinte, expectant, expecting, gravid, parturient.

Slang: gone.

Archaic: great.

Idioms: in a family way, with child.

2. Conveying hidden or unexpressed meaning:

meaningful, significant, suggestive.

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Translations

حاملحامِل، حُبْلىحُبْلَى

těhotnátěhotný

gravid

schwangerbedeutungsvoll

έγκυος

embarazadaencinta

rasetiine

raskaana

enceintegrosseprégnant

trudna

terhes

barnshafandiófrískurólétturóléttur, barnshafandiþungaður

incintagravidagravido

妊娠した

임신하고 있는

nėštumas

grūtniecības stāvoklī

zwanger

gravid

w ciąży

grávida

беременнаячреватый

tehotná

noseča

gravid

ตั้งครรภ์

gebehamile

có thai

怀孕的

pregnant

[ˈpregnənt] ADJ

1. (lit)

1.1. [woman] → embarazada
to be pregnant → estar embarazada
to be six months pregnant → estar embarazada de seis meses
to become or get pregnant (by sb) → quedarse embarazada (de algn)
Tina was pregnant with their first son → Tina estaba embarazada de su primer hijo
see also heavily 1

1.2. [animal] → preñado

2. (fig) → elocuente, significativo
a pregnant pause → una pausa elocuente or significativa
pregnant with sth → cargado or preñado de algo

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pregnant

[ˈprɛgnənt] adj

[woman] → enceinte adj f; [animal] → pleine adj f, gravide
She's six months pregnant → Elle est enceinte de six mois.
to be pregnant with [+ first child, son, daughter] → être enceinte de
when I was pregnant with Stephen → quand j'étais enceinte de Stephen
Maree was pregnant with their first daughter → Maree était enceinte de leur première fille.
to get pregnant → tomber enceinte

[silence, pause] → lourd(e) de sens
pregnant with sth [threat, consequences] → lourd de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pregnant

adj

woman → schwanger; animal → trächtig, tragend; 3 months pregnant → im vierten Monat schwanger; she is pregnant with her first child → sie ist zum ersten Mal schwanger; Gill was pregnant by her new boyfriend → Gill war von ihrem neuen Freund schwanger; to become or get pregnant (woman) → schwanger werden

(fig) remark, silence, pause → bedeutungsvoll or -schwer or -geladen; pregnant with meaning → bedeutungsvoll or -geladen or -schwanger (iro); pregnant with consequences → folgenschwer

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pregnant

[ˈprɛgnənt] adj (woman) → incinta; (animal) → gravida (liter) (remark, pause) → significativo/a
3 months pregnant → incinta di 3 mesi
pregnant with meaning (liter) → pregno/a di significato

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pregnant

(ˈpregnənt) adjective

carrying unborn young in the womb. swanger حامِل، حُبْلى бременна grávida těhotný schwanger gravid έγκυοςembarazada, encinta rase حامله odottava enceinte בְּהֵיריוֹן गर्भवती trudan terhes hamil óléttur, barnshafandi incinta 妊娠した 임신한 nėščia grūtniecības stāvoklī mengandung zwangergravidw ciąży بلاربه، اميندواره grávida însărcinată беременная tehotná noseča trudna gravid, dräktig มีครรภ์ hamile 懷孕的 вагітна حاملہ mang bầu 怀孕的

ˈpregnancy (plural ˈpregnancies) noun

swangerskap حَمَل، حَبَل бременност gravidez těhotenství; březost die Schwangerschaft graviditet εγκυμοσύνηembarazo rasedus بارداری raskaus grossesseהיריון गर्भावस्था trudnoća terhesség kehamilan meðganga, þungun gravidanza 妊娠 임신 nėštumas grūtniecība kandungan zwangerschapsvangerskap, graviditetciąża بلاربتوب، اميندارى gravidez gra­vi­ditate беременность tehotenstvo nosečnost trudnoća graviditet, dräktighet การตั้งครรภ์ hamilelik 懷孕 вагітність حمل sự có thai 怀孕

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pregnant

→ حُبْلَى těhotná gravid schwanger έγκυος embarazada raskaana enceinte trudna incinta 妊娠した 임신하고 있는 zwanger gravid w ciąży grávida беременная gravid ตั้งครรภ์ gebe có thai 怀孕的

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preg·nant

a. embarazada, encinta, en estado de gestación; grávida.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• I'm pregnant → أَنا حَامِلٌ → Jsem těhotná → Jeg er gravid → Ich bin schwanger → Είμαι έγκυος → Estoy embarazada → Olen raskaana → Je suis enceinte → Trudna sam → Sono incinta → 私は妊娠しています → 임신 중이에요 → Ik ben in verwachting → Jeg er gravid → Jestem w ciąży → Eu estou grávida → Я беременна → Jag är gravid → ฉันตั้งท้อง → Hamileyim → Tôi đang có thai → 我怀孕了

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pregnant

adj embarazada, encinta (fam); You are three months pregnant.. Ud. tiene tres meses de embarazo; to get o become — embarazarse, quedarse embarazada

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