gestation

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English

Etymology

From Latin gestatio.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jĕstāshən, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations)

  1. The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
  2. The process of development of a plan or idea.
    • 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 149:
      It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.

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Translations

period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy

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French

Etymology

From Latin gestātiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

gestation f (plural gestations)

  1. gestation

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