Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parturient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: par-turi-ent
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.

adj

About to create a new product, or float a new idea.

adj

Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.

adj

Facilitating labour.

noun

One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.

noun

A substance that facilitates labour.

Example Sentences

"In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief."
"This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: parturiēns

Inflected Forms

more parturient (comparative) most parturient (superlative) parturients (plural)

Derived Forms

nonparturient periparturient postparturient

Synonyms

parturious

Questions

What does parturient mean?: In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
Where does parturient come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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