accoucheur
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accoucheur
- /ˌæ.kuˈʃɝ/ US
- /ˌæ.kuˈʃɜː/ UK
Where it comes from
Attested since 1727. Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“to place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“to put, place, set”). See accouchement.
noun accoucheurs
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A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
And lastly, obstetrical chairs seemed most natural to the accoucheurs of the middle ages.
Similar: midwife, man-midwife
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noun person who assists women in childbirth
| Español | matrón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 산부인과의사 sanbu'in'gwauisa |
| 日本語 | 助産師 josanshi |
| 中文 | 男接生员 nán jiēshēngyuán |
| Português | parteiro |
| Français | sage-femme homme, accoucheur, sage-homme |
| Deutsch | Entbindungspfleger, Geburtshelfer, Entbindungshelfer |
| Italiano | ostetrico |
| Română | mamoș, obstetrician |
| Русский | акуше́р akušér |
| Tiếng Việt | người đỡ đẻ |
| العربية | قَابِل qābil |
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