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Accoucheuse

Definition: Accoucheuse

Accoucheuse

Noun

1. A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Accoucheuse \Ac*cou*cheuse"\, noun. [French, feminine of accoucher.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Accoucheuse

Synonym: midwife (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Accoucheuse

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Instrumentality

Minister, handmaid; midwife, accoucheur, accoucheuse, obstetrician; gobetween; cat's-paw; stepping-stone.

Remedy

Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Accoucheuse

Non-English Usage: "Accoucheuse" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (midwife), French (accoucheuse, midwife, obstetrician).

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Modern Translations: Accoucheuse

Language Translations for "accoucheuse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mami (midwife). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مولدة قابلة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

акушерка (midwife, wise woman). (various references)

   

French

  

accoucheuse. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szülésznõ (midwife), bába (midwife, midwives). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

accoucheuseay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

parteira (birth attendant, midwife, midwifery). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

obstetricianã, moaşã (midwife), ginecologã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

акушерка (midwife, obstetrician). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

babica (midwife). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

partera (birth attendant, midwife). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ackuschörska (midwife, obstetrician). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ebe (accoucheur, it, midwife, obstetrician, wise woman), doğum doktoru (accoucheur, obstetrician). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

акушерка (midwife, obstetrician). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nữ hộ sinh, b đỡ (midwife). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Accoucheuse

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-h-o-s-u-u"

-4 letters: cachous, coaches, couches.

-5 letters: accuse, caches, cachou, caucus, chouse, coccus, echoes, ouches, succah.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Accoucheuse


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 63 6F 75 63 68 65 75 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01110101 01100011 01101000 01100101 01110101 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0063 006F 0075 0063 0068 0065 0075 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3569698187697471878571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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