CHILDBIRTH Meaning of CHILDBIRTH in English child ‧ birth /ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ $ -bɜːrθ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the act of having a baby ⇨ labourin/during/after childbirth His wife died in childbirth. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012