virgin birth
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis
- A form of childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination
- (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary
Etymology
Compound from English virgin + English birth.
Origin
English
birth
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Virgin Mary English
- afterbirth English
- antibirth English
- bear English
- birth English
- birth certificate English
- birth-certificate English
- birthchild English
- birthdate English
- birthday English
- birthdom English
- birther English
- birthfather English
- birthgasm English
- birthhood English
- birthing English
- birthland English
- birthless English
- birthline English
- birthmark English
- birthmother English
- birthnight English
- birthparent English
- birthplace English
- birthrate English
- birthright English
- birthroot English
- birthsite English
- birthstone English
- birthstool English
- birthtime English
- birthweight English
- birthwise English
- birthwort English
- birthyear English
- cross-birth English
- devirginise English
- devirginize English
- disvirgin English
- forebirth English
- freebirth English
- gainbirth English
- homebirth English
- inbirth English
- interbirth English
- livebirth English
- misbirth English
- multibirth English
- nonbirth English
- nonvirgin English
- outbirth English
- permavirgin English
- postbirth English
- prebirth English
- pseudovirgin English
- rebirth English
- semivirgin English
- spoilervirgin English
- starbirth English
- stillbirth English
- unbirth English
- virgin English
- virginhood English
- virginial English
- virginity English
- virginly English
- watch-birth English
- ヴァージン諸島 Japanese
- birthe Middle English
- virgine Old French
- bōjin Marshallese
- bear
- birth
- virgin
- inbirth
- unbirth
- rebirth
- birther
- prebirth
- birthing
- misbirth
- birthday
- birthdom
- nonbirth
- outbirth
- virginly
- livebirth
- birthmark
- birthwise
- virginial
- disvirgin
- birthtime
- freebirth
- virginity
- gainbirth
- birthdate
- birthyear
- homebirth
- antibirth
- birthhood
- birthgasm
- birthline
- birthsite
- birthrate
- birthland
- forebirth
- birthroot
- birthless
- birthwort
- postbirth
- starbirth
- nonvirgin
- virginhood
- birthnight
- semivirgin
- multibirth
- birthright
- interbirth
- stillbirth
- birthplace
- birthchild
- afterbirth
- birthstool
- birthstone
- watch-birth
- birthweight
- cross-birth
- birthparent
- devirginise
- birthmother
- Virgin Mary
- devirginize
- birthfather
- permavirgin
- pseudovirgin
- spoilervirgin
- birth-certificate
- birth certificate