In Finland, expectant mothers are given a baby box by the state.
Source: tatoeba (9336213)
Expectant
//ɪkˈspɛktənt//
Synonyms for "expectant" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
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9 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- бременна adj (pregnant)
- очакващ adj (marked by expectation)
- чакащ adj (marked by expectation)
Catalan
3 entries- embarassada adj (pregnant)
- en cinta adj (pregnant)
- expectant adj (marked by expectation)
Danish
2 entries- forventningsfuld adj (marked by expectation)
- ventende adj (pregnant)
Dutch
1 entries- in verwachting adj (pregnant)
Esperanto
1 entries- atendema adj (pregnant)
Finnish
2 entries- odottava adj (marked by expectation)
- odottava adj (pregnant)
French
1 entries- expectatif adj (marked by expectation)
German
4 entries- erwartend adj (marked by expectation)
- erwartungsvoll adj (marked by expectation)
- guter Hoffnung adj (pregnant)
- schwanger adj (pregnant)
Hungarian
2 entries- anyai örömök elé néző adj (pregnant)
- várandós adj (pregnant)
Irish
1 entries- tnúthánach adj (marked by expectation)
Italian
1 entries- in dolce attesa adj (pregnant)
Māori
1 entries- hapū adj (pregnant)
Norwegian
1 entries- ventende adj (pregnant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forventningsfull adj (marked by expectation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- forventingsfull adj (marked by expectation)
- forventningsfull adj (marked by expectation)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- حامله adj (pregnant)
- گبه adj (pregnant)
Russian
4 entries- бере́менная adj (pregnant)
- в положе́нии adj (pregnant)
- жду́щий adj (marked by expectation)
- ожида́ющий adj (marked by expectation)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- dòchasach adj (marked by expectation)
- torrach adj (pregnant)
- trom adj (pregnant)
Spanish
1 entries- expectante adj (marked by expectation)
Swedish
1 entries- förväntansfull adj (marked by expectation)
Welsh
2 entries- disgwylgar adj (marked by expectation)
- gobeithiol adj (marked by expectation)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
In Finland, expectant mothers are given a maternity package by the state.
Source: tatoeba (9336214)
How's the expectant mother doing?
Source: tatoeba (9444408)
Tom and Mary are expectant parents.
Source: tatoeba (10055101)
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