accouchement
2 synonyms for accouchement, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of giving birth to a baby.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Accouchement was 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- plus collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.
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