primiparous

1. 1.

   of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once

Questions about primiparous

What does primiparous mean?

primiparous means "of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once".

How many syllables are in primiparous?

primiparous has 4 syllables and divides as pri-mi-pa-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is primiparous a common word?

primiparous 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.