midwife
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɪd.waɪf/
midwife (plural midwives)
- A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
- A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
- (rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
- French: sage-femme, sage-femme homme, accoucheur, accoucheuse
- German: Hebamme, Entbindungspfleger, Entbindungspflegerin, Geburtshelfer, Geburtshelferin, Entbindungshelfer, Entbindungshelferin
- Italian: ostetrica, levatrice
- Portuguese: parteira
- Russian: акуше́р
- Spanish: partera, comadrona, matrona
midwife (midwives, present participle midwiving; past and past participle midwived)
- (transitive) To act as a midwife
- (transitive, figuratively) to facilitate the emergence of
- But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future.
- Thomas L. Friedman. "Attention: Baby on Board." New York Times. April 13, 2010.
- But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future.
- German: Hebamme
- Russian: акуше́рствовать
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