accouchement

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkuːʃmənt/ === Noun === accouchement (countable and uncountable, plural accouchements) Delivery in childbed; parturition ==== See also ==== childbearing childbirth vaginal birth == French == === Etymology === From accoucher +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kuʃ.mɑ̃/ === Noun === accouchement m (plural accouchements) delivery (act of giving birth) ==== Derived terms ==== salle d'accouchement ==== See also ==== enceinte grossesse bébé mère === Further reading === “accouchement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012