Gestation

//d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən//

Synonyms for "gestation" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

pregnancy

Strong matches (2)

covering

Noun(1 words)

gestation period

Related words (4)

greatness sitting situation

Noun(1 words)

maternity

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

6 entries

biological time construction mental synthesis physical condition physiological condition physiological state

Synonyms

1 entries

pregnancy

derived

6 entries

gestation period gestational midgestation multigestation pregestation uterogestation

is a

2 entries

biological time construction

Translations

70 translations across 42 languages.

Asturian

1 entries

xestación noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Basque

1 entries

ernaldi noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Belarusian

1 entries

цяжа́рнасць noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Bulgarian

1 entries

бре́менност noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Catalan

2 entries

gestació noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gestació noun (process of development of a plan or idea)

Czech

2 entries

březost noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gravidita noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Danish

3 entries

drægtighed noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
graviditet noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
svangerskab noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Dutch

4 entries

draagtijd noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
drachttijd noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gestatie noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
zwangerschapstijd noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Esperanto

1 entries

gravedeco noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Finnish

2 entries

kehittely noun (process of development of a plan or idea)
raskausaika noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

French

1 entries

gestation noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Galician

1 entries

xestación noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Georgian

4 entries

გააზრება noun (process of development of a plan or idea)
გესტაცია noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
მაკეობა noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
ორსულობა noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

German

2 entries

Heranreifen noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
Reifung noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Greek

1 entries

κυοφορία noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

jestasyon noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Hindi

1 entries

गर्भावस्था noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Hungarian

1 entries

gesztáció noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Ido

1 entries

gravideso noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Indonesian

1 entries

gestasi noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Ingrian

1 entries

raskahusaika noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Italian

1 entries

gestazione noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Kazakh

1 entries

буаздық noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Macedonian

1 entries

бременост noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഗർഭകാലം noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Marathi

1 entries

सगर्भता noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

drektighet noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
graviditet noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
svangerskap noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

drektigheit noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Occitan

1 entries

gestacion noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Polish

1 entries

ciąża noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Portuguese

2 entries

gestação noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gestação noun (process of development of a plan or idea)

Romanian

1 entries

gestație noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Russian

4 entries

бере́менность noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
вына́шивание noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
вына́шивание noun (process of development of a plan or idea)
созрева́ние noun (process of development of a plan or idea)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bremènitōst noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gestacija noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
trudnòća noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
бремѐнито̄ст noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Sicilian

1 entries

gistazzioni noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Slovak

3 entries

brezivosť noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gestácia noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
gravidita noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Slovene

1 entries

nosečnost noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Spanish

1 entries

gestación noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Swedish

2 entries

dräktighet noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)
graviditet noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Ukrainian

1 entries

вагі́тність noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thai kì noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Walloon

1 entries

poirtêye noun (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The gestation period for the African bush elephant is about 669 days, whereas that for a guinea pig is only about 70 days.

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The gestation period of an elephant is almost two years.

Source: tatoeba (6088199)

The gestation period of a rhino is about 16 months.

Source: tatoeba (8137194)

A giraffe's gestation period can last for up to 160 days.

Source: tatoeba (8547033)

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