primipara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”),[1] from prīmus (“first”) + parere[2] (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/, /ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpɹə/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mi‧pa‧ra

Noun

primipara (plural primiparas or primiparae)

  1. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy. [from mid 19th c.]
    Synonyms: primigravid, primigravida, primip
    Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, multip, multipara
  2. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine, specifically) A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.
    Synonym: primip
    Antonyms: multip, multipara

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References
  1. “primipara, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2007.
  2. “primipara”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /priˈmi.pa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ipara
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mì‧pa‧ra

Noun

primipara f (plural primipare)

  1. primipara, primigravid
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