parturition

Other forms of parturition

plural

parturitions·

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 parturition

What does parturition mean?

parturition means "the process of giving birth".

How many syllables are in parturition?

parturition has 5 syllables: par-tu-ri-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for parturition?

Close synonyms include birth, giving birth, birthing. 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 parturition a common word?

parturition 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.