breastfeeding

See also: breast feeding

English

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breastfeeding

Etymology

From breast +‎ feeding.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Noun

breastfeeding (countable and uncountable, plural breastfeedings)

(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
Synonym: breastfeed

Hypernyms

feeding
nursing (suckling) (terms applicable to any mammals (including quadrupeds and whales))

Coordinate terms

bottlefeeding

Derived terms

brelfie

Translations

activity

Arabic: رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة f (raḍāʕa ṭabīʕiyya)
Bengali: স্তন্যপান (bn) (stônnôpan)
Catalan: alletament (ca) m, lactància (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餵奶／喂奶 (zh) (wèinǎi), 哺乳 (zh) (bǔrǔ), 母乳餵養／母乳喂养 (zh) (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)
Czech: kojení (cs) n
Dutch: borstvoeding (nl)
Finnish: rintaruokinta (fi), imetys (fi)
French: allaitement (fr) m
Georgian: ძუძუთი კვება (ʒuʒuti ḳveba), ძუძუს წოვება (ʒuʒus c̣oveba)
German: Stillen n
Gujarati: સ્તનપાન (stanpān)
Indonesian: menyusui (id), menetek (id)
Italian: allattamento (it) m
Japanese: 母乳栄養 (ぼにゅうえいよう, bonyū eiyō), 授乳 (ja) (じゅにゅう, junyū)
Latin: nūtrīcātus m
Malay: penyusuan
Mon: မိဂမဴတှ် (mnw)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: amming m or f

Nynorsk: amming f
Persian: شیردهی (širdehi)
Polish: karmienie piersią n
Portuguese: aleitamento (pt) m, amamentação (pt) f
Russian: грудно́е вска́рмливание n (grudnóje vskármlivanije), кормле́ние гру́дью n (kormlénije grúdʹju)
Serbo-Croatian: dojenje n
Spanish: lactancia (es) f, amamantamiento (es) m
Swedish: amning (sv) c
Tagalog: pag-ut-ot, pagpapasuso
Ukrainian: годування грудьми n (hoduvannja hrudʹmy)

Verb

breastfeeding

present participle and gerund of breastfeed

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