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Pronunciation
bû(r)th, /b��(r)θ/, /b3:(r)T/
audio|en-us-birth.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: berth
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)θ|-��(r)θ

Etymology
From ON. stern (replacing OE. gebyrd)

Noun
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1. uncountable The process of childbearing.
2. countable An instance of childbirth.
3. countable A beginning or start; a point of origin.
4. uncountable The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing: of noble birth.

Translations
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Arabic: Arab|��ادة (wil�da) f, Arab|���د (máwlid), Arab|���اد (mīlad)
Breton: ganedigezh f, -ioù p
Bulgarian: �аждане n
Chinese}}: �� (chūsh�ng)
Czech: narození n, porod m
Dutch: geboorte f
Finnish: synnyttäminen, lisääntyminen
French: naissance f
German: Geburt f
Greek: γέννα (yenna) f, �οκε��� (toketos) m
Hebrew: ���� (leida) f
Icelandic: fæðing f, hingaðburður m
Italian: nascita f, parto m
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Japanese: �� (�����, shussan)
Kurdish: KUchar|���دا�کب���
Malayalam: �നന� (jananam)
Romanian: na�tere f
Slovene: rojstvo n, porod m
Spanish: nacimiento m
Swedish: födelse c
Vietnamese: (sự) sinh �ẻ
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trans-top|beginning or start; a point of origin
Arabic: Arab|��ادة (wil�da) f, Arab|بدا�ة f
Breton: ganedigezh f, -ioù p
Bulgarian: на�ало n
Chinese: �� (dànsh�ng)
Czech: zrod m
Finnish: alku][], [[syntymä
German: Geburt f
Greek: γέννη�η (yennisi) f
Italian: nascita f
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Japanese: �� (�����, tanj�)
Kurdish: KUchar|س��ر��تا, KUchar|���دا�کب���
Romanian: origine f, început n
Slovene: rojstvo n
Swedish: början c
Vietnamese: �ầu, sự ra ��i
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trans-top|circumstances of one's background
Bulgarian: п�оиз�од m, по�екло n
Czech: původ m
Dutch: afkomst f
Finnish: syntyperä, suku, sukujuuri
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Italian: nascita f
Japanese: �� (������, shussh�)
Vietnamese: dòng dõi, g�c
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ttbc|Ido: nasko
ttbc|Indonesian: lahir|kelahiran
ttbc|Latin: nativitas f
ttbc|Sindhi: SDchar|پ�دائ�ش (pedaaish) f, SDchar|���� (jjamu) m, SDchar|ج����� (janam) m
ttbc|Telugu: ప������, �న�మ
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Related terms
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accident of birth
bear
birth control
birthdate
birthday
birthing
birth mother
birth pangs
birth parent
birth pill
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birthplace
birthrate
birthright
birthstone
born
breech birth
give birth
noble birth
virgin birth
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Verb
en-verb

1. (regional) To bear children or to give birth.

Usage notes
It is uncommon to hear "she will go to birth her child." But the past tense is used, as "she birthed her child", though rarely. "To give birth" is far more common.

Translations
trans-top|to birth
Arabic: ���د
Breton: engehentañ (1), genel radical gan- (2)
Bulgarian: �аждам
Czech: porodit (give birth), narodit se (be born)
Dutch: baren
Finnish: synnyttää
French: accoucher
Greek: γενν� (geno)
Guarani: eñõi (t-) (1)
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Hebrew: ���ת (la'ledet) (1)
Ido: akushar
Interlingua: nascentia (1,2,3)
Kurdish: KUchar|��اڵب���
Portuguese: nascimento m (1,2,3)
Romanian: na�tere f
Slovene: roditi
Swahili: kuzaa
Swedish: föda (=give birth)
Telugu: �న�, ప�రసవి��� (give birth), ప�����, �న�మి��� (be born)
Tupinambá: 'ara (1), 'araba (3)
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