"birthing" meaning in English

See birthing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɝθ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbɜːθ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-birthing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: birthings [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English -ing English birthing From birth + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|birth|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English -ing English birthing [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "birth", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "birth", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "bearing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bear", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰértis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*burþiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "burðr", "lang" : "non" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "birthe", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "birth", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "birthing", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="birthing"> From birth + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} birthing (plural birthings)
  1. (often attributive) The act of giving birth. Tags: attributive, often
    Sense id: en-birthing-en-noun-KwJU6vnk Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 51 28 21 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 46 26 28 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 51 27 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 30 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 51 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 68 16 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 65 14 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 72 14 14
  2. (nautical) Alternative spelling of berthing. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: berthing
    Sense id: en-birthing-en-noun-bMGJBheZ Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɝð.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbɜːð.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-birthing.wav [Southern-England]
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  1. present participle and gerund of birth Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: birth
    Sense id: en-birthing-en-verb-VjjNZQty

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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