primipara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”), from prīmus (“first”) + parere (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/, /ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpɹə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/

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• Hyphenation: pri‧mi‧pa‧ra

Noun

primipara (plural primiparas or primiparae)

1. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy. [from mid 19th c.]

   Synonyms: primigravid, primigravida, primip

   Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, multip, multipara

2. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine, specifically) A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.

   Synonym: primip

   Antonyms: multip, multipara

Derived terms

• primip
• primiparity
• primiparous

Related terms

• multip
• multipara
• multiparity
• nullipara
• nulliparity
• primigravid
• primigravida
• primigravidity
• primigravity
• quadripara
• quadriparous
• secundipara

Translations

woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida

• Bulgarian: първескиня f (pǎrveskinja)
• French: primipare (fr) f
• German: Erstgebärende f, Primipara f
• Hungarian: primipara, először szülő
• Italian: primipara (it) f
• Spanish: primípara (es) f

woman or female animal that has carried a pregnancy to a viable gestational age

• Hungarian: primipara, egyszer szült

Further reading

• gravidity and parity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priˈmi.pa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ipara
• Hyphenation: pri‧mì‧pa‧ra

Noun

primipara f (plural primipare)

1. primipara, primigravid