baby boomer
English
noun
Definitions
- A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the western Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.
Etymology
Affix from English baby boom.
Origin
English
baby boom
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- baby boom English
- babyboom Dutch, Flemish
- babyboomer Dutch, Flemish
- babyboom French
- bébé-boumeur French
- бэби-бум Russian
- baby boom Spanish, Castilian
- baby boom Portuguese
- baby boomer Portuguese
- ベビーブーマー Japanese
- ベビーブーム Japanese
- babyboom Danish