Accouchement

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈkuːʃmÉ™nt/

Origin

• First attested in 1803.

French accoucher ("to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery"), from Old French acouchier ("to lay down, put to bed, go to bed"), from Latin ad + collocare ("to lay, put, place"). See collate

Full definition of accouchement

Noun

1. Delivery in childbed; parturitionCustom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses.