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childing.

Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.

    archaic · not-comparable
  2. Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.

    archaic · not-comparable
  3. Fruitful; productive.

    figuratively · not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From late Middle English childynge (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs).

verb/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. present participle and gerund of child

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From late Middle English childynge (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs).

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