enceinte

9.9

A woman who is pregnant and close to giving birth

adjective
/ɑːnˈseɪnt/

Formal

: embarazada

I am enceinte and expect to deliver in February.

Examples

Feeling enceinte, she visited the doctor for a check-up and to discuss her due date.
There was sad news in the last mail from Mother, as she, too, is enceinte and has been in poor health.

Fiction book (1997)
She announced to her friends that she is enceinte and overjoyed about becoming a mother.
After confirming she was enceinte, she started planning for the baby's arrival.

Synonyms

big

vsenceinte

Archaic

192 1.1

Pregnant and close to giving birth

is the more neutral or formal alternative rather than casual speech

with child

vsenceinte

Archaic

26 6.0

Carrying a baby before birth

is a more formal or literary term used for that same condition

expectant

vsenceinte

12 3.8

A woman who will have a baby soon

is a slightly more formal label for the same near‑birth state

gravid

vsenceinte

Specialized

1 9.3

Carrying eggs or young inside the body, usually late in pregnancy

is focused on human late pregnancy rather than broader animal usage

great with child

vsenceinte

Archaic

1 9.9

A woman who is near the time to have a baby

is the modern neutral term used today rather than archaic wording

Antonyms

unconceived

1 7.9

Not pregnant and not carrying a baby

How Pregnant

enceinte

Formal

9.9

pregnant

∞ 1.0

unpregnant

1 6.3

Surface Forms

enceinte positive

Etymology

Enceinte comes from French and from the Latin parts in- 'in' and cingere 'to gird' or 'to surround'. Think of a belt or band around the belly — so enceinte originally meant 'encircled' and then came to mean 'pregnant', which helps you remember its modern meaning.