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Alternative forms

breast feed, breast-feed

Etymology

From breast +‎ feed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/
Audio (US): (file)

Verb

breastfeed (third-person singular simple present breastfeeds, present participle breastfeeding, simple past and past participle breastfed)

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies.

She stopped breastfeeding after a few months.
- 1989 February 6, Jonathan Frakes, Brian Thompson, A Matter of Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:
  RIKER: Isn't that gagh?
  KLAG: Very good. You did some research on our nutritional choices.
  RIKER: Yes but- it's still moving.
  KLAG: Gagh is always best when served live. Would you like something easier?
  RIKER: Easier?
  KLAG: Yes, if Klingon food is too strong for you, perhaps we could get one of the females to breast feed you.
(chiefly of a baby, intransitive) To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.
- 2013, Baby-Led Breastfeeding: Follow Your Baby’s Instincts, →ISBN, page 281:
  Avoid using a bottle until confident your baby is breastfeeding effectively.

Synonyms

boobfeed (informal)

Derived terms

Translations

feed a baby milk via the breasts

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: أَرْضَعَ (ʔarḍaʕa)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Aromanian: alãptedz
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: къ́рмя (bg) impf (kǎ́rmja), доя́ (bg) impf (dojá)
Catalan: alletar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餵奶 / 喂奶 (zh) (wèinǎi), 哺乳 (zh) (bǔrǔ), 母乳餵養 / 母乳喂养 (zh) (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)
Czech: kojit (cs) impf
Danish: amme (da)
Dutch: borstvoeding geven, de borst geven, zogen (nl)
Esperanto: mamnutri
Faroese: geva bróst
Finnish: imettää (fi)
French: allaiter (fr), donner la tétée, donner le sein (fr)
Old French: alaitier
Galician: aleitar (gl)
Georgian: ძუძუთი კვებავს (ʒuʒuti ḳvebavs), ძუძუს აწოვებს (ʒuʒus ac̣ovebs)
German: stillen (de), die Brust geben
Greek: θηλάζω (el) (thilázo)
Ancient: θηλάζω (thēlázō)
Gujarati: ધાવવું (dhāvvũ), ધવરાવવું (dhavrāvvũ)
Hebrew: הניק (he) (heník)
Hindi: स्तनपान (hi) m (stanpān)
Hungarian: szoptat (hu)
Icelandic: leggja á brjóst, gefa brjóst
Ido: alaktar (io)
Indonesian: menyusui (id), menetek (id)
Irish: cothaigh, brollach a thabhairt do, beathú cíche a thabhairt do
Italian: allattare (it), allattare al seno
Japanese: 授乳する (ja) (じゅにゅうする, junyū suru)
Kazakh: емізу (emızu)
Korean: 모유로 키우다 (moyu-ro kiuda)
Latin: nūtriō, alō (la)
Latvian: zīdīt
Macedonian: дои impf (doi)
Malay: menyusui
Maori: whāngote, whakangote
Marathi: स्तनपान करणे (stanpān karṇe), अंगावर पाजणे (aṅgāvar pājṇe)
Norwegian: amme (no)
Old Church Slavonic: доити (doiti)
Old French: alaitier
Polish: karmić piersią impf
Portuguese: amamentar (pt), dar de mamar (pt), aleitar (pt), lactar (pt)
Romani: chuchi del
Romanian: alăpta (ro)
Russian: корми́ть гру́дью impf (kormítʹ grúdʹju)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̀јити

Roman: dòjiti (sh)
Slovak: dojčiť impf
Slovene: dojiti (sl)
Spanish: dar teta, dar de mamar, lactar (es), dar el pecho, amamantar (es), achichiguar, atetar (es)
Swahili: nyonyesha (sw)
Swedish: amma (sv)
Tagalog: umut-ot, ut-utin, magpasuso
Tamil: பாலூட்டு (pālūṭṭu), பாலூட்டல் (pālūṭṭal), தாய்ப்பாலூட்டல் (tāyppālūṭṭal), முலைப்பாலுட்டு (mulaippāluṭṭu), முலைப்பாலூட்டல் (mulaippālūṭṭal)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: emzirmek (tr)
Ukrainian: годувати грудьми impf (hoduvaty hrudʹmy)
Vietnamese: bú (vi)
Volapük: blöto nulüdön
Welsh: bwydo o'r fron

Noun

breastfeed (plural breastfeeds)

An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding.