Premature — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

born after a gestation period of less than the normal time

too soon or too hasty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹɪmətʃˈʊɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹɪmətʃˈʊə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹɪmətʃˈʊə/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹɪmətʃˈʊɹ/.

Examples

a premature infant
our condemnation of him was a bit previous
a premature judgment

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

previous untimely

Antonyms

full-term

Parts of Speech

adjective	born after a gestation period of less than the normal time “a premature infant”
adjective	too soon or too hasty “our condemnation of him was a bit previous”
adjective	uncommonly early or before the expected time “illness led to his premature death”

Word Forms

prematurity	noun	the state of being premature
prematureness	noun	the state of being premature
untimeliness	noun	being at an inappropriate time

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verfrüht

geboren nach einer Tragzeit, die kürzer als die normale Zeit ist

🇫🇷French

prématuré

né après une période de gestation inférieure à la durée normale

🇪🇸Spanish

prematuro

nacido después de un período de gestación inferior al tiempo normal

🇮🇹Italian

precoce

nati dopo un periodo di gestazione inferiore al tempo normale

🇳🇱Dutch

voorbarig

geboren na een draagtijd van minder dan de normale tijd

🇵🇹Portuguese

prematuro

nascido após um período de gestação inferior ao tempo normal

🇷🇺Russian

преждевременный

родившийся после периода беременности меньше нормального срока

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असामयिक

सामान्य समय से कम गर्भधारण अवधि के बाद पैदा हुआ

🇧🇩Bengali

অকাল

স্বাভাবিক সময়ের চেয়ে কম গর্ভাবস্থার পরে জন্ম

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்கூட்டியே

சாதாரண நேரத்தை விட குறைவான கர்ப்ப காலத்திற்குப் பிறகு பிறந்தது

🇮🇳Telugu

అకాల

సాధారణ సమయం కంటే తక్కువ గర్భధారణ కాలం తర్వాత జన్మించారు

🇮🇳Marathi

अकाली

सामान्य वेळेपेक्षा कमी गर्भधारणेनंतर जन्मलेला

🇮🇳Gujarati

અકાળ

સામાન્ય સમય કરતા ઓછા સમયના સગર્ભાવસ્થા પછી જન્મેલા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಕಾಲಿಕ

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಗರ್ಭಾವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಅವಧಿಯ ನಂತರ ಜನಿಸಿದರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

അകാലത്തിൽ

സാധാരണ സമയത്തേക്കാൾ കുറഞ്ഞ ഗർഭാവസ്ഥയ്ക്ക് ശേഷം ജനിച്ചത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ

ਆਮ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਘੱਟ ਗਰਭ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਦੇ ਬਾਅਦ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

قبل از وقت

عام وقت سے کم حمل کی مدت کے بعد پیدا ہوا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

过早的

妊娠期短于正常时间后出生

🇯🇵Japanese

時期尚早の

通常よりも短い妊娠期間で生まれた

🇰🇷Korean

조기

정상적인 시간보다 짧은 임신 기간 후에 태어났습니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sớm

sinh ra sau thời gian mang thai ít hơn thời gian bình thường

🇹🇭Thai

คลอดก่อนกำหนด

เกิดหลังจากช่วงตั้งครรภ์น้อยกว่าเวลาปกติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

prematur

lahir setelah masa kehamilan kurang dari waktu normal

🇵🇭Filipino

napaaga

ipinanganak pagkatapos ng pagbubuntis na mas mababa kaysa sa normal na oras

🇲🇾Malay

pramatang

dilahirkan selepas tempoh kehamilan kurang daripada masa biasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سابق لأوانه

- الولادة بعد فترة حمل أقل من الوقت الطبيعي

🇮🇷Persian

زودرس

پس از یک دوره بارداری کمتر از زمان طبیعی متولد شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

erken

normal süreden daha kısa bir gebelik süresinden sonra doğmuş

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוּקדָם מִדַי

נולד לאחר תקופת הריון של פחות מהזמן הרגיל

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