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childbirth

English

Noun

childbirth (usually uncountable, plural childbirths)

  1. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

Antonyms

  • death

Related terms

  • birth

Translations

See also

  • accoucheur
  • labour
  • obstetrician
  • parturition
  • puerperal

Anagrams

  • birthchild

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ventouse

English

Etymology

Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.

Noun

ventouse (plural ventouses)

  1. (obsolete) A cupping glass.
  2. (medicine) A suction cup like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths

Verb

ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused)

  1. (obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass.

Anagrams

  • seven out

French

Etymology

From Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] vent?sa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /v??.tuz/

Noun

ventouse f (plural ventouses)

  1. plunger
  2. suction cup
  3. cup for fire cupping
  4. ventouse
  5. (biology) sucker
  6. (slang) sucker (a person who sucks; a general term of disparagement)

Verb

ventouse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ventouser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of ventouser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ventouser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ventouser
  5. second-person singular imperative of ventouser

Further reading

  • “ventouse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • envoutes, envoûtes

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