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Definition 2024

breastfeeding

breastfeeding

See also: breast feeding

English

Noun

breastfeeding ‎(plural breastfeedings)

The activity of feeding a baby or young child milk from the breast of a lactating woman.

Translations

activity

Arabic: رَضَاعَة طَبِيعِيَّة f ‎(raḍāʿa ṭabīʿiyya)
Catalan: alletament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餵奶 (zh), 喂奶 (zh) ‎(wèinǎi), 哺乳 (zh) ‎(bǔrǔ), 母乳餵養 (zh), 母乳喂养 (zh) ‎(mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)
Czech: kojení (cs) n
Finnish: rintaruokinta, imetys (fi)
French: allaitement (fr) m
German: Stillen n

Indonesian: menyusui (id), menetek (id)
Italian: allattamento (it) m
Japanese: 母乳栄養 ‎(ぼにゅうえいよう, bonyū eiyō), 授乳 ‎(じゅにゅう, junyū)
Polish: karmienie piersią n
Portuguese: aleitamento (pt) m
Russian: грудно́е вска́рмливание n ‎(grudnóje vskármlivanije), кормле́ние гру́дью n ‎(kormlénije grúdʹju)
Spanish: lactancia (es) f
Swedish: amning (sv) c
Tagalog: pag-ut-ot, pagpapasuso

Verb

breastfeeding

present participle of breastfeed