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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-womb.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�m|-u�m

Noun
en-noun

1. anatomy In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth.
2. figuratively A place where something is made or formed.

1. figuratively The belly.<!--Is this just a literary synonym for womb?-->

#:fruit of the womb

Synonyms
i-c|organ in mammals uterus, matrix (poetic or literary), belly (poetic or literary)

Translations
trans-top|organ in mammals
Arabic: t-|ar|رح�|sc=Arab
Bosnian: maternica f, utroba f
Chinese: �宮, �宫 (z�g�ng)
Czech: t-|cs|d�loha|f
Dutch: t+|nl|baarmoeder
Esperanto: t-|eo|utero|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: emakas
Finnish: t+|fi|kohtu
French: t-|fr|utérus|m, t+|fr|ventre|m
German: Mutterleib m, Gebärmutter f, Scho� m
Greek: t|el|μή��α|f|sc=Grek
Guarani: ye (t-)
Hindi: �र�भ (garbh) m
Indonesian: rahim
Interlingua: utero, matrice
Italian: t+|it|utero|m, t-|it|grembo|m
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Japanese: �宮 (����, shikyū)
Korean: �� [�宮] (jagung)
Portuguese: t-|pt|útero|m, t+|pt|matriz|f
Russian: t-|ru|ма�ка|f|trmátka|scCyrl, t+|ru|���оба|f|trutróba|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: machlag f, broinn f, brù f
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|maternica|f
Spanish: t-|es|útero|m, t+|es|matriz|f
Swedish: livmoder c
Tupinambá: ygé (t-)
Urdu: URchar|گربھ (garbh) m
Volapük: vüm
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trans-top|figuratively: place where something is made or formed
Finnish: t-|fi|kehto
French: t+|fr|moule|m
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trans-top|belly
See belly
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• 2007-12-15 19:57 - Tbot - added t for nl, pt, ru, sl, es

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