คลอด
give birth
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- 1 give birth、be delivered (at birth)
- 2 bring out [informal]、finally come out [informal]
This word centers on delivery: it describes a mother giving birth or a baby being delivered. Informally, it can also describe a project, work, or product finally being completed or released.
give birth、be delivered (at birth)
Describes the process of childbirth, either from the mother's perspective—giving birth—or the baby's perspective—being delivered.
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เด็กคลอดแล้ว dèk khlɔ̂ɔt lɛ́ɛw The baby has been delivered. เด็กคลอดแล้ว details
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ลูกคลอดก่อนกำหนด lûuk khlɔ̂ɔt kɔ̀ɔn kamnòt The baby was born prematurely. ลูกคลอดก่อนกำหนด details
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หมอกำลังทำคลอด mɔ̌ɔ kamlaŋ tham khlɔ̂ɔt The doctor is assisting with the delivery. หมอกำลังทำคลอด details
bring out [informal]、finally come out [informal]
Informally compares the completion or release of a work, project, or product to the delivery of a baby, often suggesting that it has finally come out after considerable effort.
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โครงการใหม่คลอดแล้ว khrooŋkaan mày khlɔ̂ɔt lɛ́ɛw The new project has finally taken shape. โครงการใหม่คลอดแล้ว details
Learning notes
Explanation
The basic construction is แม่คลอดลูก, with the mother as the subject and the child as the object. When the baby is the subject, as in เด็กคลอดแล้ว, it means that the baby has been delivered. For a doctor or midwife assisting at a birth, Thai uses ทำคลอด. Figuratively, คลอด presents a long-awaited work or project as something finally brought into the world.
Usage
It is common in family conversations about pregnancy and childbirth and in medical discussions of due dates, premature birth, and delivery. Its figurative use appears in casual conversation and headlines about works, plans, policies, or products that have finally been completed or released.
Caution
Use เกิด, rather than คลอด, for general biographical facts such as where or when someone was born; “born in Tokyo” is เกิดที่โตเกียว. A doctor assisting with a delivery is described with ทำคลอด, not simply หมอคลอด. The figurative sense is informal, so formal writing generally favors a more precise verb such as เปิดตัว “launch,” ประกาศ “announce,” or เผยแพร่ “publish.”
Differences from similar words
1 give birth synonyms
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เกิด is the usual word for being born and can also mean that something happens or occurs. คลอด focuses specifically on the physical process of delivery.
2 bring out [informal] synonyms
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ออก is a broad, neutral way to say that a work or product comes out. คลอด is more colorful and may suggest that it was finally brought into existence after a long effort.