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Word entry · 8 letters

pregnant

Best crossword clue

"Expecting a baby"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aegnnprtStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

Word origin

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").

Used in a sentence

  • 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 That waiting game is completely outdated, even quaint.

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