Meaning
A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
Etymology
Origin: Latin
Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”), from prīmus (“first”) + parere (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
primigravidprimigravidaprimip
Antonyms
multigravidmultigravidamultipmultipara
NYT Puzzle Appearances
No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2020, 2022, 2025, 2026.