Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat 2

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenUS
KieliKäännökset
kreikkaτοκετός (toketós)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
  2. A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.

Adjektiivi

  1. of, or relating to childbirth
  2. of, or relating to postpartum confinement

Esimerkit

  • from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions [...]

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkolying-ins
Monikkolyings-in

of, or relating to childbirth

Richard Dagley's illustration "Taking caudle" of Thomas Gaspey's poem. The new mother reclines in a four-poster bed, recouping her energy. A member of the household sits at the foot of the bed, entertaining a visitor, who keeps her bonnet on; both of them are drinking caudle. A maidservant shows the baby to the visitor, while a dog and cat look on.

A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.

A mother in Florence lying-in, from a painted desco da parto or birth tray of c. 1410. As women tend to the child, expensively-dressed female guests are already arriving.