breastfeeding

See also: breast feeding

English

Etymology

breast +‎ feeding

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/
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Noun

breastfeeding (countable and uncountable, plural breastfeedings)

The activity of feeding a baby or young child milk from the breast of a lactating woman.

Translations

activity

Arabic: رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة‎ f (raḍāʿa ṭabīʿiyya)
Catalan: alletament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餵奶 (zh), 喂奶 (zh) (wèinǎi), 哺乳 (zh) (bǔrǔ), 母乳餵養 (zh), 母乳喂养 (zh) (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)
Czech: kojení (cs) n
Dutch: borstvoeding (nl)
Finnish: rintaruokinta (fi), imetys (fi)
French: allaitement (fr) m
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 (じゅにゅう, junyū)
Malay: penyusuan
Polish: karmienie piersią n
Portuguese: aleitamento (pt) m
Russian: грудно́е вска́рмливание n (grudnóje vskármlivanije), кормле́ние гру́дью n (kormlénije grúdʹju)
Spanish: lactancia (es) f
Swedish: amning (sv) c
Tagalog: pag-ut-ot, pagpapasuso

Verb

breastfeeding

present participle of breastfeed

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