Incubator

/[ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]/

Synonyms for "incubator" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

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Translations

96 translations across 26 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • broeikas noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • broeikas noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَاضِنَة noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • инкубатор noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • инкубатор noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)
  • кувьоз noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Catalan

2 entries
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 保育器 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • 孵化器 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • 恆溫器 /恒温器 noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)
  • 育嬰箱 /育婴箱 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Czech

1 entries
  • inkubátor noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Dutch

1 entries
  • couveuse noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hautomakone noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • hautomo noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)
  • inkubaattori noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • inkubaattori noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)

French

4 entries
  • couveuse noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • couveuse noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • incubateur noun (chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction)
  • incubateur noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Galician

2 entries
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

German

4 entries
  • Brutkasten noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • Brutkasten noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • Inkubator noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • Inkubator noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csíráztató noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)
  • csíráztatókamra noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)
  • inkubátor noun (chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction)
  • inkubátor noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Italian

2 entries
  • incubatore noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)
  • incubatrice noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Japanese

4 entries
  • インキュベーター noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • 保育器 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • 孵化器 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • 孵卵器 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

Korean

4 entries
  • 보육기 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • 부란기 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • 부화기 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • 인큐베이터 noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Ladino

4 entries
  • encovadera noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • encovadera noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)
  • enkübatör noun (chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction)
  • enkübatör noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Polish

3 entries
  • inkubator noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • inkubator noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • inkubator noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • chocadeira noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • incubadeira noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • incubadora noun (chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction)
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Romanian

4 entries
  • incubator noun (chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction)
  • incubator noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • incubator noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • incubator noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)

Russian

3 entries
  • инкуба́тор noun (chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction)
  • инкуба́тор noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • инкуба́тор noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

Sotho

2 entries
  • seqhotsisi noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • seqhotsisi noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

Spanish

4 entries
  • estufa de cultivo noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • incubadora noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • incubadora noun (place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature)

Swedish

2 entries
  • företagskuvös noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)
  • inkubator noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • limliman noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • pamisaan noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kuvöz noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • інкуба́тор noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)
  • інкуба́тор noun (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)
  • інкуба́тор noun (support program for entrepreneurial companies)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I don't want to be Sami's incubator.

Source: tatoeba (6396722)

Sami got me pregnant but I don't want to be his human incubator.

Source: tatoeba (6396723)

I got pregnant by Sami but I don't want to be his incubator.

Source: tatoeba (6396724)

I spent my starting period of my life in an incubator.

Source: tatoeba (9577117)

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