accoucheur

English

Etymology

First attested in 1759.
Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“I place, put, set in order, assign”), from com (“with”) + locō (“I put, place, set”). See accouchement.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɝ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɜː/

Noun

accoucheur (plural accoucheurs)

(medicine) A man who assists women in childbirth; a male midwife; an obstetrician.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 163:
  Family story: on the day of his birth the accoucheur approached his father, the baby wrapped in a cloth.

Synonyms

(male) midwife, man-midwife, midhusband

Translations

man who assists women in childbirth

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: պապհեր (papher) (humorous), մանկաբարձ (hy) (mankabarj)
Burmese: ယောက်ျားလက်သည် (yaukya:laksany)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 男接生员 (nán-jiēshēngyuán)
Czech: porodní dědek m
Dutch: vroedmeester m, vroedman (nl) m
Esperanto: akuŝisto (eo)
French: sage-femme homme (fr) m, accoucheur (fr) m
German: Entbindungspfleger (de) m, Geburtshelfer (de) m, Entbindungshelfer m

Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 助産師 (ja) (josanshi)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: parteiro m
Romanian: mamoș (ro) m, obstetrician (ro) m
Russian: акуше́р (ru) m (akušér)
Spanish: matrón
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ku.ʃœʁ/
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Noun

accoucheur m (plural accoucheurs, feminine accoucheuse)

obstetrician
midwife (male)

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