gestation

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō. === Pronunciation === enPR: jĕstāshən, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations) The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born. The process of development of a plan or idea. ==== Synonyms ==== pregnancy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “gestation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gestation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === gestation f (plural gestations) gestation gestation pour autrui ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Derived terms ==== gestationnel ==== Related terms ==== gérer === Further reading === “gestation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012