childbirth

Other forms of childbirth

plural

childbirths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about childbirth

What does childbirth mean?

childbirth means "the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child".

How many syllables are in childbirth?

childbirth has 2 syllables: child-birth. The stress falls on "child". In IPA it is /ˈtʃaɪldˌbɝθ/.

What is another word for childbirth?

Close synonyms include childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is childbirth a common word?

childbirth is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with childbirth?

3 words rhyme with childbirth. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.