enceinte

¹en·ceinte

adj \äⁿ(n)-ˈsant\

Definition of ENCEINTE

: pregnant 4

Examples of ENCEINTE

1. <back in the days when a bride who was visibly enceinte was a cause for family embarrassment>

Origin of ENCEINTE

French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *incenta, alteration of Latin incient-, inciens being with young, modification of Greek enkyos pregnant, from en- + kyein to be pregnant — more at cyme

First Known Use: 1602

Related to ENCEINTE

Synonyms: big, caught, pregnant, expectant, expecting, gone, gravid, heavy, quick [archaic]

Antonyms: nonpregnant

Related Words: parturient, prenatal; childbearing, gestational; brooding; conceiving, impregnated

Near Antonyms: barren, infertile; aborting, miscarrying; delivered

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Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with ENCEINTE

aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant