"breastfeeding" meaning in English

See breastfeeding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breastfeeding.wav Forms: breastfeedings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From breast + feeding. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|breast|feeding}} breast + feeding Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breastfeeding (countable and uncountable, plural breastfeedings)
  1. (uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Breastfeeding Synonyms: breastfeed Translations (activity): رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة (raḍāʕa ṭabīʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), স্তন্যপান (stônnôpan) (Bengali), alletament [masculine] (Catalan), lactància [feminine] (Catalan), 餵奶 (Chinese Mandarin), 喂奶 (wèinǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 哺乳 (bǔrǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 母乳餵養 (Chinese Mandarin), 母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), kojení [neuter] (Czech), borstvoeding (Dutch), rintaruokinta (Finnish), imetys (Finnish), allaitement [masculine] (French), ძუძუთი კვება (ʒuʒuti ḳveba) (Georgian), ძუძუს წოვება (ʒuʒus c̣oveba) (Georgian), Stillen [neuter] (German), સ્તનપાન (stanpān) (Gujarati), menyusui (Indonesian), menetek (Indonesian), allattamento [masculine] (Italian), 母乳栄養 (bonyū eiyō) (alt: ぼにゅうえいよう) (Japanese), 授乳 (junyū) (alt: じゅにゅう) (Japanese), nūtrīcātus [masculine] (Latin), penyusuan (Malay), မိဂမဴတှ် (Mon), amming [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), amming [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شیردهی (širdehi) (Persian), karmienie piersią [neuter] (Polish), aleitamento [masculine] (Portuguese), amamentação [feminine] (Portuguese), грудно́е вска́рмливание (grudnóje vskármlivanije) [neuter] (Russian), кормле́ние гру́дью (kormlénije grúdʹju) [neuter] (Russian), dojenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), lactancia [feminine] (Spanish), amamantamiento [masculine] (Spanish), amning [common-gender] (Swedish), pag-ut-ot (Tagalog), pagpapasuso (Tagalog), годування грудьми (hoduvannja hrudʹmy) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: feeding, nursing (alt: suckling) (english: terms applicable to any mammals (including quadrupeds and whales)) Derived forms: brelfie Coordinate_terms: bottlefeeding

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breastfeeding.wav
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From breast + feeding. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|breast|feeding}} breast + feeding Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} breastfeeding
  1. present participle and gerund of breastfeed Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: breastfeed Categories (topical): Breastfeeding
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Inflected forms

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          "alt": "ぼにゅうえいよう",
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          "word": "母乳栄養"
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          "alt": "じゅにゅう",
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