"freebirth" meaning in All languages combined

See freebirth on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: freebirths [plural]
Etymology: Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|birth}} free + birth, {{coinage|en|Jeannine Parvati Baker|nat=American|nobycat=1|occ=yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife}} Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker Head templates: {{en-noun}} freebirth (plural freebirths)
  1. A childbirth delivered without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife. Translations (childbirth delivered without medical assistance): vild graviditet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-freebirth-en-noun-lxllIIMD

Verb [English]

Forms: freebirths [present, singular, third-person], freebirthing [participle, present], freebirthed [participle, past], freebirthed [past]
Etymology: Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|birth}} free + birth, {{coinage|en|Jeannine Parvati Baker|nat=American|nobycat=1|occ=yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife}} Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker Head templates: {{en-verb}} freebirth (third-person singular simple present freebirths, present participle freebirthing, simple past and past participle freebirthed)
  1. To give birth to a child without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife. Related terms: freebirther, freebirthing
    Sense id: en-freebirth-en-verb-5cQ~JVnQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 73

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "free",
        "3": "birth"
      },
      "expansion": "free + birth",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jeannine Parvati Baker",
        "nat": "American",
        "nobycat": "1",
        "occ": "yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freebirths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "freebirth (plural freebirths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 21, Brandy Zadrozny, “She wanted a 'freebirth' with no doctors. Online groups convinced her it would be OK.”, NBC News",
          "text": "Instead, Judith wanted to be with only her husband and her closest friend, a plan known as freebirth, or unassisted birth, by the tiny subculture of women who practice it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A childbirth delivered without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife."
      ],
      "id": "en-freebirth-en-noun-lxllIIMD",
      "links": [
        [
          "childbirth",
          "childbirth"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "childbirth delivered without medical assistance",
          "word": "vild graviditet"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "freebirth"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "free",
        "3": "birth"
      },
      "expansion": "free + birth",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jeannine Parvati Baker",
        "nat": "American",
        "nobycat": "1",
        "occ": "yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freebirths",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freebirthing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freebirthed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freebirthed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "freebirth (third-person singular simple present freebirths, present participle freebirthing, simple past and past participle freebirthed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 30, Josie Taylor, Rebecca Armitage, “The rise of freebirthing: 'If there was a death of my baby ... I was capable of grieving'”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:",
          "text": "Figures on the number of women choosing to freebirth are not collated, but researchers and midwives believe it's on the rise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give birth to a child without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife."
      ],
      "id": "en-freebirth-en-verb-5cQ~JVnQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "give birth",
          "give birth"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "freebirther"
        },
        {
          "word": "freebirthing"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "freebirth"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English coinages",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "free",
        "3": "birth"
      },
      "expansion": "free + birth",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jeannine Parvati Baker",
        "nat": "American",
        "nobycat": "1",
        "occ": "yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freebirths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "freebirth (plural freebirths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 21, Brandy Zadrozny, “She wanted a 'freebirth' with no doctors. Online groups convinced her it would be OK.”, NBC News",
          "text": "Instead, Judith wanted to be with only her husband and her closest friend, a plan known as freebirth, or unassisted birth, by the tiny subculture of women who practice it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A childbirth delivered without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childbirth",
          "childbirth"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "childbirth delivered without medical assistance",
      "word": "vild graviditet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freebirth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English coinages",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "free",
        "3": "birth"
      },
      "expansion": "free + birth",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jeannine Parvati Baker",
        "nat": "American",
        "nobycat": "1",
        "occ": "yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of free + birth. Coined by American yogini, herbalist, and shamanic midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freebirths",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freebirthing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freebirthed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freebirthed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "freebirth (third-person singular simple present freebirths, present participle freebirthing, simple past and past participle freebirthed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "freebirther"
    },
    {
      "word": "freebirthing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 30, Josie Taylor, Rebecca Armitage, “The rise of freebirthing: 'If there was a death of my baby ... I was capable of grieving'”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:",
          "text": "Figures on the number of women choosing to freebirth are not collated, but researchers and midwives believe it's on the rise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give birth to a child without medical assistance or the attendance of a midwife."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give birth",
          "give birth"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "freebirth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for freebirth meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.