surrogacy

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surrogacy

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Etymology

From surrogate +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝəɡəsi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡəsi/
• Hyphenation: sur‧ro‧ga‧cy

Noun

surrogacy (countable and uncountable, plural surrogacies)

1. (rare) The state or condition of being a surrogate.
2. The practice of being a surrogate mother.

Translations

surrogate motherhood

Catalan: gestació per substitució f Dutch: draagmoederschap (nl) f French: gestation pour autrui (fr) f, GPA (fr) f German: Leihmutterschaft f, Tragemutterschaft f, Ersatzmutterschaft f Hungarian: béranyaság Interlingua: maternitate subrogate Italian: maternità surrogata f, Norwegian: Bokmål: surrogati (no) m Nynorsk: surrogati m Polish: surogacja (pl) f Spanish: gestación subrogada f, maternidad subrogada f, gestación por sustitución f, vientre de alquiler m Swedish: surrogatmödraskap (sv) n, värdmödraskap (sv) n Thai: การอุ้มบุญ (gaan-ûm-bun) (slang), การตั้งครรภ์แทน (formal)

act of substitution

Finnish: sijaissynnytys (fi) French: subrogation (fr) f Interlingua: subrogation f Italian: surrogazione (it) f, surroga (it) f, surrogamento m Latin: subrogatio f, Polish: surogacja (pl) f Spanish: subrogación f