enfantement

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French enfantement. === Noun === enfantement (plural enfantements) (obsolete) The act of giving birth. 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 112 "Which? She's expecting a second enfantement, you know, immediately...Oh, she's such a quick puss." ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From enfanter (“to give birth”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t.mɑ̃/ === Noun === enfantement m (plural enfantements) childbirth === Further reading === “enfantement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === enfanter +‎ -ment. === Noun === enfantement m (plural enfantemens) childbirth == Old French == === Etymology === enfanter +‎ -ment. === Noun === enfantement oblique singular, m (oblique plural enfantemenz or enfantementz, nominative singular enfantemenz or enfantementz, nominative plural enfantement) childbirth