conception

Englisch

Etymology

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From Middle English conceptioun, from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipiō, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛpʃən/
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Nomen

conception (plural conceptions)

1. The act of conceiving.
2. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
3. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
4. The start of pregnancy.
5. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
6. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
7. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

Quotations

• Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis 3:16

  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception [translating ]; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Coordinate terms

• inception

Antonyms

• misconception

Related terms

• conceive
• concept

Translations

initiation of an embryonic animal life

• Afrikaans: konsepsie
• Arabic: حَبَل m (ḥabal), حَمْل m (ḥaml)
• Belarusian: зача́цце n (začáccje)
• Bulgarian: заче́ване (bg) n (začévane)
• Catalan: concepció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受胎 (zh) (shòutāi), 受精 (zh) (shòujīng), 懷孕／怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn), 怀孕 (zh) (huáiyùn)

• Czech: početí (cs) n
• Dutch: bevruchting (nl) f, ontvangenis f
• Esperanto: gravediĝo
• Estonian: kontseptsioon (et)
• French: conception (fr) f
• German: Empfängnis (de) f
• Greek: σύλληψη (el) f (sýllipsi), επικύηση f (epikýisi)
• Hungarian: fogamzás (hu), fogantatás
• Icelandic: getnaður (is) m
• Irish: coimpeart f
• Italian: concezione (it) f, concepimento (it) m
• Japanese: 妊娠 (ja) (にんしん, ninshin), 受胎 (じゅたい, jutai)
• Korean: 임신 (ko) (imsin), 수태 (ko) (sutae)
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• Latin: conceptio f
• Macedonian: зачнување n (začnuvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unnfangelse m

  Nynorsk: unnfanging f

• Polish: poczęcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: concepção (pt) f
• Romanian: concepere (ro) f, zămislire (ro) f, concepție (ro) f
• Russian: зача́тие (ru) n (začátije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: заче́ће n

  Roman: začéće (sh) n

• Slovak: počatie n
• Slovene: spočetje (sl) n
• Spanish: concepción (es) f
• Swedish: konception (sv) n
• Tagalog: lihi, paglilihi (tl)
• Ukrainian: зача́ття n (začáttja)
• Vietnamese: quan niệm (vi)

the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind

• Bulgarian:, разбиране (bg) n (razbirane)
• Greek: σύλληψη (el) f (sýllipsi)
• Hungarian: felfogás (hu)
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• Romanian: concepere (ro)
• Tagalog: kadalumatan

an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind

• Bashkir: төшөнсә (töşönsə)
• Bulgarian: предста́ва (bg) f (predstáva), поня́тие (bg) (ponjátie), конце́пция (bg) f (koncépcija)
• Dutch: concept (nl) n
• French: conception (fr) f
• German: Vorstellung (de) f
• Greek: επινόηση (el) f (epinóisi), ιδέα (el) f (idéa)
• Hungarian: fogalom (hu)
• Italian: concetto (it)
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• Romanian: concept (ro) n, concepție (ro) f, imagine (ro) f, idee (ro) f, concepții f pl
• Russian: поня́тие (ru) n (ponjátije), конце́пция (ru) f (koncépcija), представле́ние (ru) n (predstavlénije), иде́я (ru) f (idéja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: концѐпција f

  Roman: koncèpcija (sh) f

• Tagalog: kadalumatan

See also

• contraception

References

• “conception”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “conception”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conceptio (“comprehension, understanding”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

Nomen

conception f (plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)
2. conception (beginning, start)
3. ability to understand
4. viewpoint; angle
5. concept, idea

Related terms

• concevoir

External links

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• concepcion

Nomen

conception oblique singular, f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)