"start a family" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-start a family.ogg [Australia] Forms: starts a family [present, singular, third-person], starting a family [participle, present], started a family [participle, past], started a family [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} start a family (third-person singular simple present starts a family, present participle starting a family, simple past and past participle started a family)
  1. (idiomatic) To conceive one's first child Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Family Translations (conceive one's first child): 生第一個孩子 (Chinese Mandarin), 生第一个孩子 (shēng dì-yī gè háizi) (Chinese Mandarin), perustaa perhe (Finnish), fonder une famille (French), dechrau teulu (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for start a family meaning in English (2.4kB)

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