noun
accouchement
Accouchement (noun) means the act of giving birth to a baby.
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The act of giving birth to a baby.
"Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses."
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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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Rhymes for accouchement
cement
element
clement
movement
pavement
tenement
inclement
abatement
amusement
statement
agreement
excrement
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What is the meaning of accouchement?
"accouchement" (noun) means the act of giving birth to a baby.
What is another word for accouchement?
Other words for "accouchement" include childbearing, childbirth.