accoucheur

== English == === Etymology === Attested since 1727. Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“to place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“to put, place, set”). See accouchement. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.kuˈʃɝ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.kuˈʃɜː/ === Noun === accoucheur (plural accoucheurs) (medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth). ==== Synonyms ==== (male) midwife, man-midwife ==== Coordinate terms ==== accoucheuse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === midwife obstetrician obstetrics == French == === Etymology === From accoucher +‎ -eur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ku.ʃœʁ/ === Noun === accoucheur m (plural accoucheurs, feminine accoucheuse) midwife (male) obstetrician ==== Descendants ==== → English: accoucheur → Polish: akuszer → Russian: акуше́р (akušér) === Further reading === “accoucheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012