parturient

[ pahr-too r-ee-uh nt, -tyoo r- ]
/ pɑrˈtʊər i ənt, -ˈtyʊər- /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR parturient ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
pertaining to parturition.
bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of parturient

1585–95; < Latin parturient- (stem of parturiēns) being in labor, literally, desiring to bring forth (present participle of parturīre to be about to give birth), equivalent to part(us) (past participle of parere to bring forth, bear) + -uri- desiderative suffix + -ent- -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM parturient

par·tu·ri·en·cy, nounpost·par·tu·ri·ent, adjective

Words nearby parturient

parts of a sentence, parts of holland, parts of kesteven, parts of lindsey, parts of speech, parturient, parturient canal, parturient fever, parturifacient, parturiometer, parturition
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Words related to parturient

abundant, big, enceinte, expectant, expecting, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, gravid, heavy, hopeful, productive, prolific, replete, teeming, anticipating, parous, preggers

Example sentences from the Web for parturient

British Dictionary definitions for parturient

parturient
/ (pɑːˈtjʊərɪənt) /

adjective

of or relating to childbirth
giving birth
producing or about to produce a new idea, etc

Derived forms of parturient

parturiency, noun

Word Origin for parturient

C16: via Latin parturīre, from parere to bring forth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for parturient

parturient
[ pär-tur′ē-ənt ]

adj.

Of or relating to giving birth.
About to bring forth young; being in labor.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.