- baby boom
- {n.} A sudden increase in the birth rate. * /The universities were filled to capacity due to the baby boom that followed World War II./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Baby-boom — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Baby Boom. Le baby boom ou babyboum (auquel sera, plus tard, opposée la notion inverse de baby krach) est un terme anglais que l on peut remplacer par pic de la natalité et désigne une augmentation importante du… … Wikipédia en Français
baby-boom — [ babibum; bebi ] n. m. VAR. baby boum • 1958; babyboom 1954; mot angl., de baby « bébé » et boom « hausse » ♦ Anglic. Forte augmentation de la natalité. Des baby booms, des baby boums. ● baby boom, baby booms nom masculin ( … Encyclopédie Universelle
baby boom — UK US noun ► [C] a period during which there is a big increase in the number of births, especially used to refer to the period in the UK and US between approximately 1945 and 1965: »China experienced a baby boom after the Communist Party came to… … Financial and business terms
baby-boom — UK US noun ► [C] a period during which there is a big increase in the number of births, especially used to refer to the period in the UK and US between approximately 1945 and 1965: »China experienced a baby boom after the Communist Party came to… … Financial and business terms
Baby Boom — steht für: Baby Boomer, steigende Geburtenraten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Baby Boom – Eine schöne Bescherung, US amerikanische Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 1987 Baby Boom Galaxie, Spitzname für die Galaxie Zw II 96, in der sehr viele Sterne… … Deutsch Wikipedia
baby boom — coined 1941, from BABY (Cf. baby) (n.) + BOOM (Cf. boom) (n.); derivative baby boomer (member of the one that began 1945) recorded by 1974 … Etymology dictionary
baby boom — baby booms N COUNT: usu sing A baby boom is a period of time when a lot of babies are born in a particular place. [INFORMAL] I m a product of the postwar baby boom … English dictionary
baby boom — n an increase in the number of babies born during a particular period, compared to other times used especially about people born between 1946 and 1964 ▪ the baby boom generation … Dictionary of contemporary English
baby boom — baby ,boom noun count INFORMAL a big increase in the number of babies being born. There was a famous baby boom in the U.S. and Europe between about 1945 and 1964 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
baby-boom — s. m. Aumento brutal da natalidade. • Plural: baby booms. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
baby boom — ► NOUN informal ▪ a temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following the Second World War. DERIVATIVES baby boomer noun … English terms dictionary
