accouchement

English

Etymology

First attested in 1803.

(borrowed) 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

Pronunciation

enPR: ä′ksh-mäɴ
(US) IPA: /a.kuʃ.ˈmɑœ̃/

Noun

accouchement (plural accouchements)

Delivery in childbed; parturition
Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses.