"accouchement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈkuːʃmənt/ Forms: accouchements [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|accouchement}} French accouchement, {{der|en|fr|accoucher||to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery}} French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), {{der|en|fro|acouchier||to lay down, put to bed, go to bed}} Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), {{der|en|la|ad-}} Latin ad- Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} accouchement (countable and uncountable, plural accouchements)
  1. Delivery in childbed; parturition Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pregnancy Related terms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth
    Sense id: en-accouchement-en-noun-sgcUYx0C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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