enceint

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ̃/
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Participle

enceint (feminine enceinte, masculine plural enceints, feminine plural enceintes)

  1. past participle of enceindre

Verb

enceint

  1. third-person singular present indicative of enceindre

Adjective

enceint (feminine enceinte, masculine plural enceints, feminine plural enceintes)

  1. pregnant
    • 1969, Ursula K. Le Guin, translated by Robert Laffont, La Main gauche de la nuit [The Left Hand of Darkness], Le Livre de Poche:
      Le roi était enceint.
      The king was pregnant.
    • 2020 (January 28), Marie Allard, "L'image corporelle des femmes enceintes influencée par Facebook?," La Presse:
      Facebook met en valeur « un corps enceint idéal », soit un beau petit ventre rond posé sur un corps mince et sans vergetures.
      Facebook showcases "an ideal pregnant body," a lovely little round belly on a thin body without stretch marks.

Usage notes

The masculine forms are rare, but do exist, for example in speaking about transgender men, when modifying an inanimate masculine noun (e.g. corps), and in metaphorical or jocular use or in science fiction or fantasy.

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