accouchement

UK: French: /akuʃmɑ̃/, English: /əˈkuːʃmənt/

US: (ə ko̅o̅sh′mənt; Fr. a ko̅o̅sh män′)

Inflections of 'accouchement' (n): npl: accouchements

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ac•couche•ment  (ə ko̅o̅sh′mənt; Fr. a ko̅o̅sh män′), n., pl. -ments 

(-mənts; Fr. -män′), 
1. Medicine the confinement of childbirth;
   lying-in.

• French, derivative, with -ment -ment, of accoucher to give birth, be delivered, assist in giving birth, Old French: to lie down, take to bed, equivalent. to ac- ac- + coucher to put to bed; see couch
• 1800–10

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accouchement / akuʃmɑ̃ əˈkuːʃmənt/ noun

1. childbirth or the period of confinement

Etymology: 19th Century: from accoucher to put to bed, to give birth. See couch