pregnant
/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
adj
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
adj
Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
adj
Example Sentences
- "I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!"
- "I became pregnant in July 2014."
- "Once upon a time, not so long ago, women got pregnant and spent nine months in suspense before finding out if they were having a boy or a girl. But today? That waiting game is completely outdated, even quaint."
- "It suggests that pregnant women should be called pregnant people, presumably on the basis that just perhaps there may be a pregnant man somewhere."
- "We are pregnant."
- "a pregnant pause"
Etymology
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: preignant, praegnāns, pregnant, premere
Usage
Inflected Forms
more pregnant (comparative)
most pregnant (superlative)
prægnant (alternative, obsolete)
pregnaunt (alternative, obsolete)
pregnants (plural)