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Definition: Accouchement |
AccouchementNoun1. The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "accouchement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Accouchement \Ac*couche"ment\, noun. [French expression, from accoucher to be delivered of child, to aid in delivery, Old French acouchier originally to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; Latin ad collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AccouchementSynonyms: childbearing (n), childbirth (n), vaginal birth (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Production | Bringing forth; Verb:: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture; gestation; (maturation); assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Accouchement |
| Specialty definitions using "accouchement": Born in the Purple. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "accouchement": Accoucheur. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Accouchement" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (accouchement, birth, child birth, childbirth, confinement, delivery, lying in). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Accouchement à domicile (1980) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Accouchement d'une Femme grecque de l'Archipel. / Maréchal del. Dirigé par Tardieu l'ainé.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Un accouchement dans la Grèce ancienne. / G. Devy.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Which seems the product of the accouchement of Paris. |
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| "Accouchement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Accouchement" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accouchement | 120 |
accouchement photo | 17 |
accouchement d photo | 8 |
accouchement l | 6 |
accouchement video | 4 |
accouchement date | 4 |
accouchement sous x | 2 |
accouchement d date | 2 |
accouchement vidéo | 2 |
accouchement image | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "accouchement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pjellje (calving, parturition, procreation), lindje (birth, dawn, delivery, East, generation, genesis, giving birth, labor, labour, nascence, nascency, nativity, Orient, origination, procreation, progeniture, rise). (various references) | |
Arabic | â€ÙˆÙ„ادة (birth, confinement, delivery, giving birth, nativity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | раждане (bearing, birth, childbed, childbirth, confinement, delivery, giving birth, litter, procreation), акуширане. (various references) | |
French | accouchement. (various references) | |
Greek | λοχεία (childbed, confinement, in childbed, puerperium). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל×"×" (birth, childbirth, confinement, delivery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szülés (birth, child birth, childbirth, confinement, deliverance, giving birth, labor, labour, lying in, parturition). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accouchementay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reclusão (commitment, confinement, incarnadine, pound, reclusion), prisão (apprehension, arrest, bastille, bond, cage, captivity, choky, confinement, constrained, custody, detention, during, entente, ex, gaol, improbability, jail, jug, limbo, noose, pokey, prison, quad, quod), parto (calving, calving down, child bearing, child birth, childbed, childbirth, confinement, delivery, freshening, lying-in-hospital, partial, parturition, partus, party), limitação (barrier, bond, calaboose, circumscription, confinement, cramp, curb, limitation, narrowness, prison, qualification, reservation, reserve, restraint, restriction, retrenchment, stint). (various references) | |
Romanian | naÅŸtere (bearing, birth, childbirth, confinement, deliverance, delivery, genesis, get, lying in, nativity, parentage, parturition, rise, strain), durerile facerii (labor, labour, pain). (various references) | |
Russian | роды (child-bearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, delivery, labor pains, labour pains, lying in, parturition). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | babinje (confinement, lying in). (various references) | |
Spanish | parto (birth, calving, calving down, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, delivery, freshening, labor, labour, lying in, parthian, parturition, partus). (various references) | |
Turkish | loğusalık (childbed, confinement, lying in), doğum (birth, childbearing, delivery, Natal, nativity, obstetric, parturition, puerperal, termination of pregnancy). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розродженнÑ, роди (birth, child birth, lying in, parturition), пологи (child birth, lying in, parturition). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự đẻ (confinement, parturition). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accouchement": accouchements. (additional references) | |
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"Accouchement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accroachment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "accouchement" (pronounced 'Ac*couche"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-h-m-n-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: catechumen. | |
-4 letters: atheneum, coachmen, couchant. | |
-5 letters: account, acetone, automen, catechu, cementa, chutnee, coenact, conchae, cuneate, machete, manchet, methane, unmacho, unteach. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-h-m-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: accouchements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6F 75 63 68 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01110101 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c o u c h e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006F 0075 0063 0068 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356969818769747179718086 |
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