surrogacy

English

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
• 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
• 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