baby boom

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === baby boom (plural baby booms) (demography) A period marked by a signifiant increase in the birth rate. Antonym: baby bust (singular only) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Generation X youth bulge == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === baby-boom === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom. === Pronunciation === === Noun === baby boom m (plural baby booms) (historical, singular only) baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) baby boom (any increase in the birth rate) === Further reading === “baby boom”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bebiˈbum/ [be.β̞iˈβ̞ũm] Rhymes: -um === Noun === baby boom m (uncountable) baby boom ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.