pregnant
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
Adjective 4 meanings
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
“I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!”
Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
“a pregnant pause”
Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
“The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.”
Noun 1 meaning
A pregnant person.
Etymology
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
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PREGNANT at a glance
PREGNANT has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + G 2 + N 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,637 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pregnant
All rhymes- WANT7
- IMPORTANT13
- SIGNIFICANT17
- MEANT7
- PLANT7
- ASSISTANT9
- RESTAURANT10
- GRANT6
- GIANT6
- RELEVANT11
- BRILLIANT11
- CONSTANT10
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