Definition
Plural of confinement; instances or periods of being confined, restricted, or kept within limits; often used historically to refer to childbirth.
Etymology
From confine plus -ment (a suffix creating nouns from verbs). Confinement historically referred specifically to the period a woman spent in bed during and after giving birth.
Kelly Says
The medical term 'confinement' for pregnancy and childbirth reveals how women's bodies were once treated as needing to be literally confined and hidden away—a word choice that reflects medieval attitudes toward female reproduction.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አገልግሎት ግንኙነት
a-gel-git gin-yun-net
BNবাংলা
সীমাবদ্ধতা
see-ma-ab-d-d-ta
CACatalà
limitacions
li-mi-ta-syons
CSČeština
omezení
o-me-zeni
DADansk
begrænsninger
be-grae-ns-ninger
DEDeutsch
Einschränkungen
ein-schraenk-un-gen
ELΕλληνικά
περιορισμοί
perio-ris-moi
ESEspañol
confinamientos
kon-fi-na-mien-tos
FAفارسی
محدودیت
mo-ha-do-dit
FISuomi
rajoitukset
ra-jo-tus-ukset
FRFrançais
confinements
kon-fi-ne-man
GUGU
વ્યક્તિગત
vyak-ti-gat
HIहिन्दी
सीमाएँ
see-maa-en
HUMagyar
korlátozások
kor-la-to-za-sok
IDBahasa Indonesia
pembatasan
pembata-san
ITItaliano
confini
kon-fee-nee
MSBahasa Melayu
hadapan
ha-da-pan
NLNederlands
beperkingen
be-per-ki-ngen
NONorsk
begrensninger
be-grens-ninger
PLPolski
ograniczenia
o-gra-ni-che-nia
PTPortuguês
confinamentos
kon-fi-na-men-tos
RORomână
restricții
res-trik-ții
RUРусский
ограничения
ogranicheniya
SVSvenska
begränsningar
be-graen-sningar
SWKiswahili
vizuri
vi-zu-ri
TAதமிழ்
கட்டுப்பாடுகள்
kat-tu-pa-duk-kal
THไทย
ข้อจำกัด
khao jam-gat
TLTL
mga limitasyon
mga lee-mi-ta-syon
TRTürkçe
kısıtlamalar
kis-tit-la-mar
UKУкраїнська
обмеження
ob-me-zhennya
URاردو
محدودیت
mo-ha-do-dit
VITiếng Việt
sự hạn chế
su han che