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birth
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bûth, IPA(key): /b???/, verb also: IPA(key): /b??ð/
- (US) enPR: bûrth, IPA(key): /b??/, verb also: IPA(key): /b?ð/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
- Homophone: berth
Etymology 1
From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ?ebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear +? -th (compare also berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ?ebyrd is from prefixed *gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r?tis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from *b?er- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.
Noun
birth (countable and uncountable, plural births)
- (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
- (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- That which is born.
- Misspelling of berth.
Antonyms
- (beginning of life): death
Translations
Adjective
birth (not comparable)
- A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Synonyms
- biological, blood, consanguineous
Etymology 2
From Middle English birthen, birðen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
birth (third-person singular simple present births, present participle birthing, simple past and past participle birthed)
- (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
- (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
Usage notes
- The term give birth (to) is much more common, especially in literal use.
Related terms
- bear
- born
Translations
Derived terms
References
Albanian
Etymology 1
From birë (“hole”).
Noun
birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)
- pimple, blemish
Related terms
- birë
Etymology 2
Diminutive -th lengthening of bir (“son”).
Noun
birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)
- son, little boy
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unbirth
English
Etymology
un- +? birth
Noun
unbirth (uncountable)
- The absence of birth; failure to be born.
- 1993, Frank Northen Magill, Magill's Literary Annual, 1993
- His death is a kind of unbirth, and the imagery that surrounds it is physical and sexual.
- 1993, Frank Northen Magill, Magill's Literary Annual, 1993
- A paraphilia in which the individual desires to be drawn back through the vagina into the womb.
- 2001, "Hyndis Kogler", FUR:UB #10(last page, overstuffed belly) (on Internet newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)
- Maybe a bunch of bi incest, [summoning a] muscular, two-cocked demon of some sort, unbirth, and then another demon shows up and mounts the second demon with the female drow in hir belly, and also takes the drow in the same stroke inside her.
- 2005, "Lord Flame Stryke", Re: Curious (on newsgroup alt.fan.dragons)
- Me, I like vore and unbirth. But then, I'm strange […]
- 2001, "Hyndis Kogler", FUR:UB #10(last page, overstuffed belly) (on Internet newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)
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