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preg·nant 1
(prĕg′nənt)adj.
1. Carrying developing offspring within the body.
2.
a. Weighty or significant; full of meaning: a conversation occasionally punctuated by pregnant pauses.
b. Of great or potentially great import, implication, or moment: "It was a politically pregnant time in Poland" (New York).
3. Filled or fraught; replete: "This was, from the Party's point of view, both deplorable in itself and pregnant with danger for the future" (Robert Conquest).
4. Having a profusion of ideas; creative or inventive.
5. Producing results; fruitful: a pregnant decision.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praegnāns, praegnant-, variant of praegnās; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
preg′nant·ly adv.
preg·nant 2
(prĕg′nənt)adj. Archaic
Convincing; cogent. Used of an argument or a proof.
[Middle English, probably from Old French preignant, present participle of prembre, to press, from Latin premere; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
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pregnant
(ˈprɛɡnənt)adj
1. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
2. full of meaning or significance
3. inventive or imaginative
4. prolific or fruitful
[C16: from Latin praegnāns with child, from prae before + (g)nascī to be born]
ˈpregnantly adv
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preg•nant1
(ˈprɛg nənt)adj.
1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.
2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usu. fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense.
3. fertile; rich (often fol. by in): a mind pregnant in ideas.
4. full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.
5. of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant epoch in history.
6. teeming with ideas or imagination.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praegnant-, s. of praegnāns, variant of praegnās=prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to (g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nominative singular ending]
preg•nant2
(ˈprɛg nənt)adj.
Archaic. convincing; cogent.
[1350–1400; Middle English preignant < Old French, present participle of preindre, earlier priembre to press1]
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Adj. | 1. | pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life nonpregnant - not pregnant |
2. | pregnant - rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" meaningful - having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause" | |
3. | pregnant - filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" |
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pregnant
adjective
1. expectant, expecting (informal), with child, in the club (Brit. slang), in the family way (informal), gravid, preggers (Brit. informal), enceinte, in the pudding club (slang), big or heavy with child Tina was pregnant with their first child.
2. meaningful, pointed, charged, significant, telling, loaded, expressive, eloquent, weighty, suggestive There was a long, pregnant silence.
3. (with with) full of, rich in, fraught with, teeming with, replete with, abounding in, abundant in, fecund with The songs are pregnant with irony and insight.
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pregnant
adjective1. Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus:
Slang: gone.
Archaic: great.
Idioms: in a family way, with child.
2. Conveying hidden or unexpressed meaning:
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Translations
حاملحامِل، حُبْلىحُبْلَى
těhotnátěhotný
gravid
rasetiine
raskaana
trudna
terhes
barnshafandiófrískurólétturóléttur, barnshafandiþungaður
妊娠した
임신하고 있는
nėštumas
grūtniecības stāvoklī
tehotná
noseča
gravid
ตั้งครรภ์
có thai
pregnant
[ˈpregnənt] ADJ1. (lit)
1.1. [woman] → embarazada
to be pregnant → estar embarazada
to be six months pregnant → estar embarazada de seis meses
to become or get pregnant (by sb) → quedarse embarazada (de algn)
Tina was pregnant with their first son → Tina estaba embarazada de su primer hijo
see also heavily 1
to be pregnant → estar embarazada
to be six months pregnant → estar embarazada de seis meses
to become or get pregnant (by sb) → quedarse embarazada (de algn)
Tina was pregnant with their first son → Tina estaba embarazada de su primer hijo
see also heavily 1
1.2. [animal] → preñado
2. (fig) → elocuente, significativo
a pregnant pause → una pausa elocuente or significativa
pregnant with sth → cargado or preñado de algo
a pregnant pause → una pausa elocuente or significativa
pregnant with sth → cargado or preñado de algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pregnant
[ˈprɛgnənt] adj [woman] → enceinte adj f; [animal] → pleine adj f, gravide
She's six months pregnant → Elle est enceinte de six mois.
to be pregnant with [+ first child, son, daughter] → être enceinte de
when I was pregnant with Stephen → quand j'étais enceinte de Stephen
Maree was pregnant with their first daughter → Maree était enceinte de leur première fille.
to get pregnant → tomber enceinte
She's six months pregnant → Elle est enceinte de six mois.
to be pregnant with [+ first child, son, daughter] → être enceinte de
when I was pregnant with Stephen → quand j'étais enceinte de Stephen
Maree was pregnant with their first daughter → Maree était enceinte de leur première fille.
to get pregnant → tomber enceinte
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pregnant
adj
woman → schwanger; animal → trächtig, tragend; 3 months pregnant → im vierten Monat schwanger; she is pregnant with her first child → sie ist zum ersten Mal schwanger; Gill was pregnant by her new boyfriend → Gill war von ihrem neuen Freund schwanger; to become or get pregnant (woman) → schwanger werden
(fig) remark, silence, pause → bedeutungsvoll or -schwer or -geladen; pregnant with meaning → bedeutungsvoll or -geladen or -schwanger (iro); pregnant with consequences → folgenschwer
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pregnant
[ˈprɛgnənt] adj (woman) → incinta; (animal) → gravida (liter) (remark, pause) → significativo/a3 months pregnant → incinta di 3 mesi
pregnant with meaning (liter) → pregno/a di significato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pregnant
(ˈpregnənt) adjective carrying unborn young in the womb.
ˈpregnancy (plural ˈpregnancies) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pregnant
→ حُبْلَى těhotná gravid schwanger έγκυος embarazada raskaana enceinte trudna incinta 妊娠した 임신하고 있는 zwanger gravid w ciąży grávida беременная gravid ตั้งครรภ์ gebe có thai 怀孕的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
preg·nant
a. embarazada, encinta, en estado de gestación; grávida.
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pregnant
adj embarazada, encinta (fam); You are three months pregnant.. Ud. tiene tres meses de embarazo; to get o become — embarazarse, quedarse embarazadaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.