afterbirth

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæf.tɚ.bɚθ/
Audio (General American): (file)

Noun

afterbirth (plural afterbirths)

The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
Synonyms: (of an animal, UK, dialectal) clean, (of an animal, obsolete) glean

Translations

material expelled after childbirth

Apache:
Western Apache: bił goleehí
Arabic: خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)
Moroccan Arabic: ^{(please verify)} خلاص (khlaç), ^{(please verify)} سلة (sla) (of cows)
Armenian: ընկերք (hy) (ənkerkʻ)
Basque: haurrondokoa botatze
Catalan: secundines f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胞衣 (zh) (bāoyī)
Danish: efterbyrd (da) c
Dutch: nageboorte (nl) f
Finnish: jälkeiset (fi) pl
French: délivrance (fr) f, arrière-faix (fr)
Galician: libraduras f pl, quitas f pl, pairas f pl, libracións f pl, gurrias f pl
German: Nachgeburt (de) f
Greek: ύστερο (el) n (ýstero)
Ancient: χόριον n (khórion)
Hanunoo: alulunan
Hungarian: magzatburok (hu), méhlepény (hu)
Icelandic: fósturfylgja f, hildir f pl
Irish: slánú m (human), broghais f (animal), salachar m (animal), streachlán m (animal), beireatas m (animal), bruán m (animal)
Isthmus Zapotec: doo yoo
Japanese: 後産 (ja) (あとざん (atozan), こうざん (kōzan), のちざん (nochizan)), 胞衣 (ja) (えな (ena), ほうい (hōi), ほうえ (hōe))
Javanese: ari-ari, aruman, bingbing
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pizan (ku), pizdan (ku)
Latvian: placenta f
Low German:
German Low German: Nageboort f
Maori: ewe
Navajo: awééʼ biyaałáí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etterbyrd m
Portuguese: secundinas f pl
Romanian: placentă (ro) f
Russian: после́д (ru) m (posléd), де́тское ме́сто (ru) n (détskoje mésto)
Spanish: alumbramiento m
Swedish: efterbörd (sv) c
Turkish: döl eşi (tr), son (tr), eş (tr), meşime (tr), etene (tr), plasenta (tr)
Walloon: erî-fa (wa) (people), netieure (wa), pureure (wa), pareure (wa), forbeure (wa), dilive (animals, especially cows and mares)
Welsh: brych (cy) m, briw m