Pregnant Definition

prĕgnənt

adjective

Having (an) offspring developing in the uterus; that has conceived; with young or with child.

Webster's New World

Of great or potentially great import, implication, or moment.

American Heritage

Full of meaning, significance, etc.

A pregnant silence.

Webster's New World

Mentally fertile; prolific of ideas; inventive.

Webster's New World

Productive of results; fruitful.

A pregnant cause.

Webster's New World

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other

(carrying developing offspring): in trouble.

Wiktionary

noun

A pregnant woman.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Pregnant

Singular:

pregnant

Plural:

pregnants

From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), partly from Old French preindre, priembre (“to press"), from Latin premere (“to press"), and partly from Classical Latin praegnans, variant of praegnas, probably from prae- (“pre-") + gnascÄ« (“to be born").

From Wiktionary
Middle English probably from Old French preignant present participle of prembre to press from Latin premere per-⁴ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French from Latin praegnāns praegnant- variant of praegnās genə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition