accouchement

ac·couche·ment

noun \ˌa-ˌküsh-ˈmäⁿ, ə-ˈküsh-ˌ\

Definition of ACCOUCHEMENT

: the time or act of giving birth

Examples of ACCOUCHEMENT

1. <for her second accouchement, she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor>

Origin of ACCOUCHEMENT

French

First Known Use: 1796

Related to ACCOUCHEMENT

Synonyms: childbirth, childbearing, delivery, labor, parturition, travail

Related Words: birth pang, contraction, pains; pregnancy; abortion, miscarriage; cesarean section (or caesarean section), natural childbirth; childbed, confinement, lying-in

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Rhymes with ACCOUCHEMENT

aide-de-camp, au courant, battement, bien-pensant, ci-devant, contretemps, debridement, denouement, en passant, fainéant, insouciant, Maupassant, Orléans, Perpignan, rapprochement, revenant, se tenant, soi-disant, vol-au-vent