accoucheur
English
editEtymology
editAttested since 1727. 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 con- + locō (“I put, place, set”). See accouchement.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɝ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɜː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editaccoucheur (plural accoucheurs)
- (medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
- 1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98:
- And lastly, obstetrical chairs seemed most natural to the accoucheurs of the middle ages.
- 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
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editperson who assists women in childbirth
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See also
editFrench
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editNoun
editaccoucheur m (plural accoucheurs, feminine accoucheuse)
- midwife (male)
- obstetrician
Descendants
edit- → English: accoucheur
- → Polish: akuszer
- → Russian: акушер (akušer)
Further reading
edit- “accoucheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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