Meanings
plural accoucheurs
- medicineA person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
And lastly, obstetrical chairs seemed most natural to the accoucheurs of the middle ages.
1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 981 more example
Family story: on the day of his birth the accoucheur approached his father, the baby wrapped in a cloth.
1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 163Synonyms: midwife, man-midwife
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
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Origin
- Latincollocō“to place, put, set in order, assign”
- Old Frenchculcher“to lie”
- Frenchaccoucheur
- Englishaccoucheur
Attested since 1727. Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“to place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“to put, place, set”). See accouchement.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَابِل
- قَابِل (qābil)person who assists women in childbirth
Chinese Mandarin 男接生员
- 男接生员 (nán jiēshēngyuán)person who assists women in childbirth
Czech porodní dědek
- porodní dědekperson who assists women in childbirth
Dutch vroedmeester, vroedman
- vroedmeesterperson who assists women in childbirth
- vroedmanperson who assists women in childbirth
Esperanto akuŝisto
- akuŝistoperson who assists women in childbirth
Finnish kätilö
- kätilöperson who assists women in childbirth
French sage-femme homme, accoucheur
- sage-femme hommeperson who assists women in childbirth
- accoucheurperson who assists women in childbirth
- sage-hommeperson who assists women in childbirth
German Entbindungspfleger, Geburtshelfer
- Entbindungspflegerperson who assists women in childbirth
- Geburtshelferperson who assists women in childbirth
- Entbindungshelferperson who assists women in childbirth
Italian ostetrico
- ostetricoperson who assists women in childbirth
Japanese 助産師
- 助産師 (josanshi)person who assists women in childbirth
Korean 산부인과의사
- 산부인과의사 (sanbu'in'gwauisa)person who assists women in childbirth
Polish akuszer, akuszerka
- akuszerperson who assists women in childbirth
- akuszerkaperson who assists women in childbirth
Portuguese parteiro
- parteiroperson who assists women in childbirth
Romanian mamoș, obstetrician
- mamoșperson who assists women in childbirth
- obstetricianperson who assists women in childbirth
Russian акуше́р
- акуше́р (akušér)person who assists women in childbirth
Spanish matrón
- matrónperson who assists women in childbirth
Vietnamese người đỡ đẻ
- người đỡ đẻperson who assists women in childbirth
Cite this entry
accoucheur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accoucheur
“accoucheur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accoucheur. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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