lactation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lactātiō, lactātiōnis. Equivalent to lactate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /lækˈteɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

lactation (countable and uncountable, plural lactations)

The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.

Derived terms

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Translations

secretion of milk

Czech: laktace (cs) f
Finnish: maidoneritys
French: lactation (fr) f
Hungarian: tejelválasztás, tejképződés, tejtermelés (hu), laktáció (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: laktasjon m

Nynorsk: laktasjon m
Polish: laktacja (pl) f
Russian: лакта́ция (ru) f (laktácija)
Swedish: laktation c

process of providing milk to the young

Bulgarian: кърмене n (kǎrmene)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哺乳 (zh) (bǔrǔ)
Finnish: imetys (fi), rintaruokinta (fi)
French: allaitement (fr) m, lactation (fr) f (dated)
Hungarian: szoptatás (hu), laktáció (hu)
Japanese: 授乳 (ja) (じゅにゅう, junyū)
Russian: кормле́ние гру́дью n (kormlénije grúdʹju), грудно́е вска́рмливание (ru) n (grudnóje vskármlivanije)
Swedish: amning (sv) c

lactation period

Chinese:
Mandarin: 哺乳期 (zh) (bǔrǔ qí)
Finnish: imetysaika
French: lactation (fr) f
Hungarian: tejelés (hu), laktáció (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: laktasjon m

Nynorsk: laktasjon m
Russian: лакта́ция (ru) f (laktácija)

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

lactation f (plural lactations)

lactation

Further reading

“lactation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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