childing

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/ Hyphenation: child‧ing === Etymology 1 === From Middle English childing, childinge [and other forms], from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerunds from verbs). Equivalent to child +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== childing (uncountable) (archaic) gerund of child: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth. Synonyms: delivery, parturition ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From late Middle English childing (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) +‎ -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs). ==== Adjective ==== childing (not comparable) (archaic) Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child. (able to bear children): Synonyms: fecund, fruitful Antonyms: barren, infertile (in the process of childbirth): Synonyms: in delivery, in labour (having just given birth): Synonyms: (one sense) postnatal, postpartal, postpartum, post-partural (horticulture) Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower. (obsolete, figuratively) Fruitful; productive. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== childing present participle and gerund of child === References === === Further reading === childbirth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === chidling == Middle English == === Alternative forms === childinge, childyng, childynge, childinke, childingue, childeng, chyldyng, chyldinge, chyldynge, childenge, chilting, shyldyng === Etymology === From child +‎ -ynge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːldinɡ/ === Noun === childing (uncountable) childbirth ==== Descendants ==== English: childing (archaic) ==== References ==== “chīldinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 July 2019.