accoucheur

Meaning

A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).

Synonyms

obstetrician

midwife

surgeon

Translations

accoucheur

Geburtshelfer

obstétricien

ostetrico

verloskundige

sage-femme

médecin accoucheur

obstetrician

sage-femme homme

obstetra

comadrón

partero

obstètric

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæ.ku.ˈʃɝ/

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 (“I place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“I put, place, set”). See accouchement.