parturition
/ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/noun
parturition is a noun meaning “The act or process of a mother giving birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-R-T-U-R-I-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of parturition is parturitions.
What does parturition mean?
noun
- 1
The act or process of a mother giving birth.
Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce parturition?
- /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/
- /ˌpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃəˈɹɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-parturition.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of parturition
- parturitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is parturition?
Parturition appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Parturition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of giving birth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | accouchement, parturition, naissance |
| German | Entbindung, Geburt, Geburtsvorgang, Gebären, Partus, Parturitio |
| Portuguese | parto |
| Spanish | parto, nacimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does parturition come from?
From Latin parturitiō (“parturition”), from parturiō, from pariō (“to give birth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).