Accouchement

//əˈkuːʃmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Delivery in childbed; parturition countable, uncountable

    "Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses."

  2. 2
    the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child wordnet

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childbirthbirthblessed eventchildbearingchildbirthconfinement

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"Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses."

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.

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vaginal birth

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