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Meaning of puerperium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[pu.ɛrˈpɛ.ri.ũː]

Definitions

  1. childbirth, delivery, childbed, confinement, lying-in
    declension-2, neuter
  2. newborn child, infant
    declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

English Childbirth Delivery

Examples

“puerperiō cubāre”
“77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia”
“c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 12.6”
“c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebaid 4.280”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

puertia puertiae puertiam puertiarum puertias puertiis

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