English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'mɪd.waɪf/
Noun
en-noun|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.
- context|rare|figurative Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
Translations
trans-top|person who assists women in childbirth
Albanian: mami, babo
Bulgarian: ак��е�ка (akušérka)
Catalan: llevadora f
Croatian: babica
Czech: porodnà bába f
Danish: jordemoder, jordemor g|Danish
Dutch: verloskundige m, f, vroedvrouw f
Estonian: ämmaemand
Finnish: kätilö
French: sage-femme
Frisian: hoarnwiif n, ferloskundige g|Frisian
German: Hebamme f, Geburtshelfer m, Geburtshelferin f, Entbindungspfleger m, Entbindungshelfer m
Gilbertese: tia kabung
Greek: μαία f, μαμή f (informal)
Hungarian: bába
Italian: ostetrica f, levatrice f
Japanese: ��婦 (�����, josanpu)
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Latvian: vecm�te f
Malayalam: വയറ�റാ���ി (vayattaatti)
Norwegian: jordmor m,f
Polish: akuszer m, akuszerka f, po�ożna f
Portuguese: parteira f
Romanian: moa��
Russian: ак��е� (akušér) m, ак��е�ка (akušérka) f
Scottish Gaelic: muime f, bean-ghlùine f
Serbian: баби�а (babica)
Slovak: pôrodná asistentka
Slovene: babica f
Spanish: partera f, comadrona f, comadrona f
Swedish: barnmorska c
Turkish: ebe
Ukrainian: ак��е�ка (akušérka)
Uyghur: akushérka
Vietnamese: bà �ỡ �ẻ, bà �ỡ
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trans-top|person who assists in bringing something about
Danish: fødselshjælper g|Danish
Finnish: kätilö
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Verb
en-verb|midwives or, rarely midwifes|midwiving or, rarely midwifing|midwived or, rarely widwifed
- transitive To act as a midwife.
Usage notes
While elementary students are taught "replace 'f' with 'v'," the mistake resulting in "widwifed" is made often enough in informal/colloquial language to indicate the rule is not consistently followed.
Translations
trans-top|to act as a midwife
Finnish: avustaa synnytys|synnytyksessä
Hindi: dai
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Russian: ак��е���вова�� (akušérstvovat')
Vietnamese: �ỡ �ẻ
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ttbc|Alabama: tayyi alikchi
ttbc|Albanian: mami
ttbc|Arabic: ا��اب�ة
ttbc|Azeri: mama
ttbc|Chinese: ���
ttbc|Esperanto: aku�istino
ttbc|Hungarian: szülészn�
ttbc|Indonesian: bidan
ttbc|Irish: bean ghlúine
ttbc|Korean: �� (sanpa)
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ttbc|Min Nan: sán-pô
ttbc|Mongolian: �� ба�иг� (�h barig�)
ttbc|Neapolitan: vammà na
ttbc|Papiamentu: partera
ttbc|Persian: �ﻤ�ﻤ
ttbc|Swahili: mkunga
ttbc|Tagalog: hilot
ttbc|Telugu: మ�త�రసాని (maMtrasaani)
ttbc|Thai: �า��ยา�าล��ุ��รรภ� (naang pá-yaa-baan pà -doong kan)
ttbc|Welsh: bydwraig
ttbc|Yiddish: akusherke
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Related terms
midwifery
See also
doula
obstetrician
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