gender reveal

English

a gender-reveal cake sliced open with a pink middle layer suggesting a baby girl

Noun

gender reveal (plural gender reveals)

1. (chiefly US, often attributive) An event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed to family and friends as being either male or female, often by means of a cake, balloons, etc., coloured blue for male or pink for female.

   Synonym: sex reveal

   • 2019, Ann Omasta, The Royally Broke Billionaire:

     It was going to be a super-busy weekend at the palace—with the royal babies' official gender reveals today and the baby showers tomorrow.

Translations

event at which the sex of an expected baby is revealed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性別公開 / 性别公开 (xìngbié gōngkāi), 性別揭曉 / 性别揭晓 (xìngbié jiēxiǎo)

• French: gender reveal
• Portuguese: chá de revelação m, chá-revelação m