puerperal

English

Etymology

From New Latin puerperālis, from Latin puerpera (“woman in childbirth”), from puer (“child”) + pariō (“I bear”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pjuˈɝpəɹəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pjuˈɜːpəɹəl/
• (proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɛɹpəɹəl/ (spelling pronunciation)

Adjective

puerperal (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also:
   1. (broadly) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the peripartum period including childbirth.

Derived terms

• extrapuerperal
• puerperal fever
• puerperal and nonpuerperal mastitis

Related terms

• antepartum
• intrapartum
• parous
• peripartum
• prepartum
• postpartum
• puerperium

Translations

Of or pertaining to or associated with childbirth

• Finnish: synnytys- (fi), lapsivuode-
• Greek: επιλόχειος (el) (epilócheios)
• Italian: puerperale
• Spanish: puerperal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.eʁ.peˈɾaw/ [pʊ.eh.peˈɾaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pweʁ.peˈɾaw/ [pweh.peˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.eʁ.peˈɾaw/ [pʊ.eh.peˈɾaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pweʁ.peˈɾaw/ [pweh.peˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pu.eɾ.peˈɾaw/ [pʊ.eɾ.peˈɾaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pweɾ.peˈɾaw/ [pweɾ.peˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pu.eʁ.peˈɾaw/ [pʊ.eχ.peˈɾaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pweʁ.peˈɾaw/ [pweχ.peˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.eɻ.peˈɾaw/ [pʊ.eɻ.peˈɾaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pweɻ.peˈɾaw/ [pweɻ.peˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwɨɾ.pɨˈɾal/ [pwɨɾ.pɨˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwɨɾ.pɨˈɾal/ [pwɨɾ.pɨˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwɨɾ.pɨˈɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: pu‧er‧pe‧ral

Adjective

puerperal m or f (plural puerperais)

1. puerperal

Related terms

• puérpera
• puerpério

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French puerpérale.

Adjective

puerperal m or n (feminine singular puerperală, masculine plural puerperali, feminine and neuter plural puerperale)

1. puerperal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	puerperal		puerperală		puerperali	puerperale
	definite	puerperalul		puerperala		puerperalii	puerperalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	puerperal		puerperale		puerperali	puerperale
	definite	puerperalului		puerperalei		puerperalilor	puerperalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pweɾpeˈɾal/ [pweɾ.peˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: puer‧pe‧ral

Adjective

puerperal m or f (masculine and feminine plural puerperales)

1. puerperal

Further reading

• “puerperal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10