accouchement

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

Etymology

Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.

In classic literature

Synonyms

childbirth, childbearing, vaginal birth

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