accouchement

Etymology

First attested in 1803. Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkuːʃmənt/

Noun

accouchement (plural accouchements)

1. Delivery in childbed; parturition

   Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses.

Etymology

accoucher +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kuʃ.mɑ̃/

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Noun

accouchement m (plural accouchements)

1. delivery (act of giving birth)

Further reading

• “accouchement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).