contraception

English

Noun

contraception (usually uncountable, plural contraceptions)

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

Hyponyms

vasectomy, tube tying, condoms, birth-control pill/the pill, v-ring, contraceptive patch, contraceptive implant, IUD, diaphragm, withdrawal

Derived terms

contracept

Related terms

contraceptive

Translations

use of a device or procedure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 避孕 (zh) (bìyùn)
Czech: antikoncepce f
Danish: prævention (da) c
Dutch: anticonceptie (nl)
Esperanto: kontraŭkoncipo
Estonian: rasestuse vältimine
Faroese: fyribyrging f
Finnish: ehkäisy (fi), syntyvyyden säännöstely
French: contraception (fr) f
German: Empfängnisverhütung (de) f, Kontrazeption f, Verhütung (de) f
Greek: αντισύλληψη (el) f (antisýllipsi)
Hungarian: fogamzásgátlás (hu)

Italian: contraccezione (it) f
Japanese: 避妊 (ひにん, hinin)
Latin: contraconceptio f
Norman: contraception f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prevensjon m

Nynorsk: prevensjon m
Polish: antykoncepcja (pl) f
Portuguese: anticoncepção f
Russian: контраце́пция (ru) f (kontracépcija)
Spanish: anticoncepción f
Tagalog: labanlihi, agaw-lihi

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

contraception f (plural contraceptions)

contraception

Further reading

“contraception” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Noun

contraception f (plural contraceptions)

(Jersey) contraception

Related terms

contraceptif (“contraceptive”)

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