accouchement

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ä′ksh-mäɴ

[edit] Noun

accouchement (plural accouchements)

1. Delivery in childbed

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

[edit] See also

• childbearing
• childbirth
• vaginal birth

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[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

accouchement

1. delivery (act of giving birth)