sage-femme
French, noun/saʒ.fam/
sage-femme is spelled S-A-G-E-F-E-M-M-E (9 letters). Sage-femme is a French feminine noun meaning “midwife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Praticienne ou praticien qui aide à l’accouchement et qui prend en charge le nouveau-né”.
What does sage-femme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemidwife
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Praticienne ou praticien qui aide à l’accouchement et qui prend en charge le nouveau-né.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sage-femme
- sages-femmes plural
- accoucheur masculine
- sage-homme masculine rare
- maïeuticien masculine
- sagefemme alternative
- sage-femme homme masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sage-femme?
- /saʒ.fam/
- \saʒ.fam\
- [saʒ.fam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sage-femme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.