pregnant

preg·nant ¹  (prgnnt)

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 praegnns, praegnant-, variant of praegns; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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pregnant·ly adv.

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preg·nant ²  (prgnnt)

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-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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pregnant

Adjective

1. carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb

2. full of meaning or significance: a pregnant pause [Latin praegnans]

pregnancy n

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

adjective 2. meaningful, pointed, charged, significant, telling, loaded, expressive, eloquent, weighty, suggestive

adjective 3. (with with) full of, rich in, fraught with, teeming with, replete with, abounding in, abundant in, fecund with

Translations

pregnant [ˈprɛgnənt] adj → embarazada;

3 months pregnant → embarazada de tres meses;

pregnant with meaning → cargado de significado

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pregnant [ˈprɛgnənt] adj → enceinte adj f [animal] → pleine;

3 months pregnant → enceinte de 3 mois

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pregnant [ˈprɛgnənt] pregnancy adj [woman] → schwanger; [female animal] → trächtig (fig) [pause, remark] → bedeutungsschwer;

3 months pregnant pregnancy → im vierten Monat (schwanger)

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pregnant [ˈprɛgnənt] adj → incinta adj f [animal] → gravido/a;

(fig) [remark, pause] → significativo/a;

3 months pregnant → incinta di 3 mesi

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pregnant

adj pregnant [ˈpregnənt]

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

n pregnancy

swangerskap حَمَل، حَبَل бременност těhotenství; březost graviditet die Schwangerschaft εγκυμοσύνη embarazo rasedus بارداری raskaus grossesse הֵיריוֹן गर्भावस्था trudnoća terhesség kehamilan meðganga, þungun gravidanza 妊娠 nėštumas grūtniecība kandungan zwangerschap svangerskap, graviditet ciąża gravidez gra­vi­ditate беременность tehotenstvo nosečnost trudnoća graviditet, dräktighet การตั้งครรภ์ hamilelik 懷孕 вагітність حمل sự có thai 怀孕