Synonyms for accouchement

Most common

child birth · child-bearing · vaginal birth · labor US · delivery · travail · parturition

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Delivery in childbed; parturition

   Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses.

Forms

Plural

accouchements → child-bearings, parturitions, labors, deliveries…

Example sentences

• labor There is a labor shortage of computer programmers.
• delivery Restaurants are only open for takeout and delivery.
• travail They finally succeeded after many months of travail.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

labor²

6 letters

labour²

7 letters

travail²

8 letters

delivery⁴

11 letters

parturition

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (labor² = 2 syllables).