accouchement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Delivery in childbed; parturition

Pronunciation

/əˈkuːʃmənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accouchement.wav

Word forms

accouchement accouchements

Etymology

Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.

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