In the hospital room, the nurse wearing white clothes and the midwife were preparing for the delivery.
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Midwife
//ˈmɪd.waɪf//
Synonyms for "midwife" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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265 translations across 109 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- vroedvrou noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Alabama
1 entries- tayyi alikchi noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Albanian
2 entries- babo noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- mami noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μαῖα noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Arabic
4 entries- داية noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- داية noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- دَايَة noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- قَابِلَة noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Armenian
4 entries- ակուշերկա noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- դայակ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- մանկաբարձուհի noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- տատմեր noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mama noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- mamaça noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Basque
1 entries- emagin noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Belarusian
4 entries- акушэ́р noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акушэ́рка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ба́ба noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ба́бка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Bengali
3 entries- দাই noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ধাত্রী noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- মিডওয়াইফ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Breton
1 entries- amiegez noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акуше́р noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акуше́рка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ба́ба noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акуширам verb (to act as a midwife)
Burmese
2 entries- လက်သည် noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ဝမ်းဆွဲ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Catalan
2 entries- llevador noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- llevadora noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Central Melanau
1 entries- bidan noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Chamicuro
1 entries- kumali noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Chichewa
1 entries- zamba noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Chinese
3 entries- 助產士 /助产士 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 抾囝母 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 產婆 /产婆 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 助產士 /助产士 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 執仔婆 /执仔婆 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 執媽 /执妈 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 接生婆 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 促成者 noun (person who assists in bringing something about)
- 助產士 /助产士 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 接生員 /接生员 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 接生婆 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Czech
3 entries- bába noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- porodní asistentka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- porodní bába noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Danish
3 entries- fødselshjælper noun (person who assists in bringing something about)
- jordemoder noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- jordemor noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Dutch
4 entries- baker noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- obstetrieverpleegkundige noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- verloskundige noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- vroedvrouw noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Esperanto
2 entries- akuŝistino noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- akuŝisto noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Estonian
1 entries- ämmaemand noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Faroese
3 entries- jarðarmóðir noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ljósmóðir noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- nærkona noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Finnish
4 entries- kätilö noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- kätilö noun (person who assists in bringing something about)
- avustaa synnytyksessä verb (to act as a midwife)
- kätilöidä verb (to act as a midwife)
French
4 entries- accoucheur noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- accoucheuse noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- maïeuticien noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- sage-femme noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Galician
2 entries- parteira noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- partureira noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Georgian
2 entries- ბებიაქალი noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- მეანი noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
German
4 entries- Entbindungshelfer noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- Entbindungshelferin noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- Entbindungspfleger noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- Entbindungspflegerin noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Gilbertese
1 entries- tia kabung noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Greek
2 entries- μαία noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- μαμή noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ernisussiortoq noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Hebrew
2 entries- מיילדת \ מְיַלֶּדֶת noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- יילד \ יִלֵּד verb (to act as a midwife)
Hindi
4 entries- जनाई noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- दाई noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- धात्री noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- प्रसाविका noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Hungarian
4 entries- bába noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bába noun (person who assists in bringing something about)
- szülésznő noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bábáskodik verb (to act as a midwife)
Icelandic
4 entries- ljósa noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ljósmóðir noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- léttakona noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- nærkona noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Indonesian
1 entries- bidan noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Ingrian
2 entries- babka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ämmä noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- دایِه noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- قابِلِه noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ماما noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- پازاچ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Irish
3 entries- bean chabhrach noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bean ghlúine noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- cnáimhseach noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Italian
2 entries- levatrice noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ostetrica noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Japanese
3 entries- 助産婦 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 助産師 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 産婆 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
K'iche' Mayan
1 entries- iyom noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Kashubian
2 entries- akùszerka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- dzecołapka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Kazakh
2 entries- акушер noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акушер әйел noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Khmer
3 entries- ឆ្មប noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ម៉ប noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- យាយម៉ប noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũciarithia noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Korean
3 entries- 산파 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 조산부 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- 조산사 noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- акушер noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акушерка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- аначы noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Lao
3 entries- ຕຳແຍ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ນາງຜະດຸງຄັນ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ຫມໍຕຳແຍ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Latin
1 entries- obstetrīx noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Latvian
2 entries- akušiere noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- vecmāte noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Lithuanian
1 entries- akušerė noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- babka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Hiewan noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Macedonian
3 entries- акуше́р noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акуше́рка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- бабица noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Malay
3 entries- bidan noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- dukun beranak noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- pengulin noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Malayalam
1 entries- വയറ്റാട്ടി noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Maltese
2 entries- majjistra noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- qabla noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Mohawk
1 entries- iewirókwas noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Mongolian
1 entries- эх баригч noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Māori
2 entries- kaiwhakawhanau noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- wahine whakawhanau noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Navajo
3 entries- asdzání iʼiiłchíhí noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- awééʼ hayiidzį́sí noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- awééʼ hayiiníłí noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Neapolitan
2 entries- mammana noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- vammana noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Ngarrindjeri
1 entries- putari noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Norman
3 entries- accouocheuse noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- gardgienne noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- sage-femme noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- ebe noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- pîrik noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fødselshjelper noun (person who assists in bringing something about)
- jordmor noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- jordmor noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Old Czech
1 entries- babicě noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Old English
1 entries- beorþorþīnen noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Old Irish
1 entries- banterismid noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ابه noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- قابله noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Papiamentu
1 entries- partera noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Pashto
4 entries- تيي noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- دايه noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- دايي noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- قابله noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Popkjemutta noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- Weemutta noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Polabian
2 entries- bobă noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bopkă noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Polish
3 entries- akuszer noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- akuszerka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- położna noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Portuguese
1 entries- parteira noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Romanian
2 entries- moașă noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- moși verb (to act as a midwife)
Russian
4 entries- акуше́р noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акуше́рка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ба́бка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- повива́льная ба́бка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Saanich
1 entries- NIȽ ȻENT Ȼ SĆḴAḴS noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Sanskrit
2 entries- धात्री noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- साविका noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- bean-ghlùine noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- muime noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- akùšēr noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- akùšērka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bȁbica noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- primalja noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Sicilian
1 entries- lavatrici noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Silesian
1 entries- flegera noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Slovak
4 entries- baba noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- babica noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- pôrodná asistentka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- pôrodná baba noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Slovene
1 entries- babica noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Spanish
3 entries- comadrona noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- matrona noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- partera noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Swahili
1 entries- mkunga noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Swedish
1 entries- barnmorska noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Tagalog
1 entries- kumadrona noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Tajik
4 entries- акушер noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акушерка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- доя noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- момо noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Tamil
1 entries- மருத்துவச்சி noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Telugu
1 entries- మంత్రసాని noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Thai
2 entries- ตำแย noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- หมอตำแย noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Turkish
1 entries- ebe noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Turkmen
2 entries- akuşer noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- akuşerka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Ukrainian
4 entries- акуше́р noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- акуше́рка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- повива́льна ба́бка noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- повиту́ха noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Urdu
4 entries- جَنائی noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- دائِی noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- قابِلَہ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- مِڈْوائِف noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئاكۇشېر noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- ئاكۇشېركا noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Uzbek
3 entries- akusher noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- akusherka noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- doya noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bà mụ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bà đỡ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- bà đỡ đẻ noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- nữ hộ sinh noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Welsh
1 entries- bydwraig noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
West-Frisian
2 entries- ferloskundige noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- hoarnwiif noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Yiddish
3 entries- אַקושערין noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- אַקושערקע noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
- הײַבאַם noun (person who assists women in childbirth)
Sample sentences
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She's a midwife.
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"The midwife says that there's no pain during childbirth, only pressure. Is that true?" "Yes! Just like a tornado is a movement of air."
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Mary is a midwife.
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