doula
See also: dóula
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greek δούλα (doúla, “servant-woman”), from Ancient Greek δούλη (doúlē, “female slave”). Popularized by American anthropologist Dana Raphael in the 1973 book The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding, where the word is credited to Eleni Rassias.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doula (plural doulas)
- A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
- 1973, Dana Raphael, The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 24:
- The function of the doula varies in different cultures from a little help here and there to complete succoring, including bathing, cooking, carrying, and feeding. Whatever the doula does, however, is less important than the fact that she is there.
- 2020 June 5, Alyson Krueger, “The Agonizing Question: Is New York City Worth It Anymore?”, in New York Times[1]:
- Rebekah Rosler, a therapist and doula, decided to leave, even though her family history in New York goes back to the 1870s, she said.
- A trained person who provides similar support to someone who is diagnosed with an incurable condition and is receiving end-of-life care.
Translations edit
person assisting a pregnant mother before, during or after childbirth
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person assisting someone receiving end-of-life care
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Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdou̯lɑ/, [ˈdo̞u̯lɑ̝]
- IPA(key): /ˈdulɑ/, [ˈdulɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oulɑ
- Syllabification(key): dou‧la
Noun edit
doula
- doula (woman who advises, accompanies and provides non-clinical assistance (physical, emotional, etc.) to pregnant women, before, during and after childbirth)
Declension edit
Inflection of doula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | doula | doulat | ||
genitive | doulan | doulien | ||
partitive | doulaa | doulia | ||
illative | doulaan | douliin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | doula | doulat | ||
accusative | nom. | doula | doulat | |
gen. | doulan | |||
genitive | doulan | doulien doulainrare | ||
partitive | doulaa | doulia | ||
inessive | doulassa | doulissa | ||
elative | doulasta | doulista | ||
illative | doulaan | douliin | ||
adessive | doulalla | doulilla | ||
ablative | doulalta | doulilta | ||
allative | doulalle | doulille | ||
essive | doulana | doulina | ||
translative | doulaksi | douliksi | ||
abessive | doulatta | doulitta | ||
instructive | — | doulin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “doula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Lindu edit
Noun edit
doula
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English doula, from Greek δούλα (doúla, “servant-woman”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doula f (plural doulas)
- doula (woman who advises, accompanies and provides non-clinical assistance (physical, emotional, etc.) to pregnant women, before, during and after childbirth)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English doula, from Greek δούλα (doúla, “servant-woman”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doula f (plural doulas)
- doula (woman who advises, accompanies and provides non-clinical assistance (physical, emotional, etc.) to pregnant women, before, during and after childbirth)
Further reading edit
- “doula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014