accoucheur

English

Etymology

Attested since 1759. 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 com (“with”) + locō (“I put, place, set”). See accouchement.

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Noun

accoucheur (plural accoucheurs)

  1. (medicine) A person who 'delivers' a baby [in childbirth].
    • 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.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ku.ʃœʁ/
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Noun

accoucheur m (plural accoucheurs, feminine accoucheuse)

  1. midwife (male)
  2. obstetrician
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