accouchement
/əˈkuːʃmənt/noun
accouchement is spelled A-C-C-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accouchement means “Delivery in childbed; parturition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accouchement is accouchements.
How many letters and syllables are in accouchement?
| Letters | 12: A-C-C-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is accouchement?
Accouchement appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce accouchement?
- /əˈkuːʃmənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-accouchement.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of accouchement
- accouchements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accouchement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Delivery in childbed; parturition
Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does accouchement come from?
Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).