English [ ]
Etymology [ ]
From Latin abortiō ( “ ‘ miscarriage, abortion’ ” ) , from aborior ( “ ‘ miscarry’ ” ) ; see also abort .
Pronunciation [ ]
( GenAm ) enPR : əʹbôrshən , IPA : /əˈbɔɹʃən/ , SAMPA : /@"bOr\S@n/
Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ʃən
Noun [ ]
Singular
Abortion
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Abortion ({{{1}}})
( medicine or dated ) The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development; a miscarriage .
An induced abortion .
The act of inducing abortion.
( dated ) The immature product of an untimely birth.
( biology ) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed .
Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity , or anything which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect.
The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.
Template:Art Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.
1846 , Charles Dickens , Pictures from Italy , Chapter 10 .
Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions , begotten of the sculptor’s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.
Translations [ ]
miscarriage
Arabic: إجهاض ar (ar) ('ijhaaD) m. , إخفاق ar (ar) ('ikhfaaq) m. , خسارة ar (ar) (khasaara) f.
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流產 cmn (cmn) , 流产 cmn (cmn) (líuchǎn), 失敗 cmn (cmn) , 失败 cmn (cmn) (shībài), 誤投 cmn (cmn) , 误投 cmn (cmn) (wùtóu)
Crimean Tatar : abort
Czech: potrat cs (cs) m.
Dutch: miskraam nl (nl) n. , abortus nl (nl) m.
Esperanto: abortigo eo (eo)
Finnish: keskenmeno fi (fi)
French: fausse couche fr (fr) f.
German: Fehlgeburt de (de) f.
Greek: αποβολή el (el) f.
Hebrew: הפלה (hapala) f.
Italian: aborto it (it) m.
Japanese: 流産 ja (ja) (りゅうざん, ryūzan), 失敗 ja (ja) (しっぱい, shippai), 堕胎 ja (ja) (だたい, datai)
Norwegian: abort no (no) m.
Polish: poronienie pl (pl) n.
Portuguese: aborto pt (pt) m.
Romanian: avort n.
Russian: выкидыш ru (ru) (výkidyš) m. , аборт ru (ru) (abórt) m.
Slovak: potrat sk (sk) m.
Spanish: aborto es (es) m.
Swedish: abort sv (sv) c.
Turkish: kürtaj tr (tr)
Welsh: erthylu c.
induced abortion
Arabic: خداج ar (ar) (khidaaj) m.
Armenian: աբորտ hy (hy) (abort)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流產 cmn (cmn) , 流产 cmn (cmn) (líuchǎn), 人工流產 cmn (cmn) , 人工流产 cmn (cmn) (réngōng-liúchǎn), 人流 cmn (cmn) (rénliú)
Crimean Tatar : abort
Czech: interrupce cs (cs) f. , potrat cs (cs) m.
Dutch: abortus nl (nl) m.
French: avortement fr (fr) m.
German: Abtreibung de (de) f.
Greek: έκτρωση el (el) f.
Italian: aborto it (it) m.
Japanese: 妊娠中絶 ja (ja) (にんしんちゅうぜつ, ninshin-chūzetsu), 人工流産 ja (ja) (じんこうりゅうざん, jinkō-ryūzan), 中絶 ja (ja) (ちゅうぜつ, chūzetsu)
Lithuanian: abortas lt (lt) m.
Russian: аборт ru (ru) (abórt) m.
Scottish Gaelic : casg leatrom m.
act of inducing abortion
Armenian: աբորտ hy (hy) (abort)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 墮胎 cmn (cmn) , 堕胎 cmn (cmn) (duòtāi)
Crimean Tatar : abort
Dutch: abortie nl (nl) m. , abortus nl (nl) m.
Esperanto: abortigo eo (eo)
Finnish: abortti fi (fi) , raskaudenkeskeytys fi (fi)
French: avortement m. , interruption volontaire de grossesse f. , IVG f.
German: Abtreibung de (de) f.
Italian: aborto it (it) m.
Lithuanian: abortas lt (lt) m.
Norwegian: abort no (no)
Polish: aborcja pl (pl) f.
Portuguese: aborto pt (pt) m.
Romanian: avort n.
Russian: аборт ru (ru) (abórt) m.
Scottish Gaelic : casg leatrom m.
Slovak: potrat sk (sk) m.
Spanish: aborto es (es) m.
immature product of an untimely birth
Dutch: miskraam nl (nl) n.
Greek: εξάμβλωμα el (el) n. , έκτρωμα el (el) n.
biology: arrest of development of an organ
fruit/produce that doesn’t come to maturity
French: avorton fr (fr) m.
Romanian: embrion ro (ro) m. , germen ro (ro) m.
the act of aborting a project, etc
something ugly
Dutch: misbaksel nl (nl) n. , miskraam nl (nl) n.
Greek: έκτρωμα n.
Spanish: aborto es (es) m. , engendro es (es) m.
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Indonesian : aborsi , menggugurkan kandungan
Interlingua : aborto
Vietnamese : sự sẩy thai , sự phá thai , sự nạo thai , người lùn tịt , đứa bé đẻ non , vật đẻ non , vật dị dạng , quái thai , sự chết non chết yểu , sự sớm thất bại , tình trạng phát triển không đầy đủ
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