viviparity
noun
viviparity is a noun meaning “The condition of being viviparous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-V-I-P-A-R-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does viviparity mean?
noun
- 1
The condition of being viviparous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is viviparity?
Viviparity appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
Viviparity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the condition of being viviparous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | viviparité |
| German | Viviparie, Lebendgeburt |
| Portuguese | viviparidade |
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.