accoucheur

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1759.
• From French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin colloco, from com (“with”) + loco (“to place”). See accouchement.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ˌæ.ˌku.ˈʃɚ/

Noun

accoucheur (plural accoucheurs)

1. (medicine) A man who assists women in childbirth; a male midwife; an obstetrician.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 163:

     Family story: on the day of his birth the accoucheur approached his father, the baby wrapped in a cloth.

Synonyms

• (male) midwife
• man-midwife

Translations

man who assists women in childbirth

• French: sage-femme homme (fr) m, accoucheur (fr) m
• German: Entbindungspfleger (de) m, Geburtshelfer (de) m, Entbindungshelfer (de) m

• Russian: акушер (ru) (akušér) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) kujöran (vo), (♂) hikujöran (vo), (♀) jikujöran (vo)

See also

• midhusband
• obstetrician
• obstetrics