accouche
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See also: accouché
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A back-formation from accouchement, or else from French accoucher.[1][2]
Verb
[edit]accouche (third-person singular simple present accouches, present participle accouching, simple past and past participle accouched)
- (transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “accouchement (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “accouche, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]accouche
- inflection of accoucher: