parturient

1. 1.

   of or relating to or giving birth

   “parturient pangs”

   “the parturient uterus”
2. 2.

   giving birth

   “a parturient heifer”

   Similarnascent

Questions about parturient

What does parturient mean?

parturient means "of or relating to or giving birth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parturient?

parturient has 3 syllables: par-tu-rient. The stress falls on "par".

Is parturient a common word?

parturient is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.