accoucheur
English edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1727. Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“I place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“I put, place, set”). See accouchement.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɝ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɜː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
accoucheur (plural accoucheurs)
- (medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
- 1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98:
- And lastly, obstetrical chairs seemed most natural to the accoucheurs of the middle ages.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 163:
- Family story: on the day of his birth the accoucheur approached his father, the baby wrapped in a cloth.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
person who assists women in childbirth
|
See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
accoucheur m (plural accoucheurs, feminine accoucheuse)
- midwife (male)
- obstetrician
Descendants edit
- → English: accoucheur
- → Polish: akuszer
- → Russian: акушер (akušer)
Further reading edit
- “accoucheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.