midwives in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for midwives in the English»French Dictionary

midwife <pl midwives> [Brit ˈmɪdwʌɪf, Am ˈmɪdˌwaɪf] N MED

midwife

sage-femme f

male midwife

homme m sage-femme

to be midwife to, to act as midwife for fig

jouer l'accoucheur pour qc, aider la création de qc

State Certified Midwife, SCM N

State Certified Midwife

sage-femme f diplômée

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to work as a midwife/teacher

travailler comme sage-femme/professeur

Translations for midwives in the French»English Dictionary

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accoucheuse

midwife

sage-femme

midwife

un homme sage-femme

a male midwife

une infirmière/sage-femme diplômée

a qualified nurse/midwife

elles sont sages-femmes de mère en fille

they have been midwives for generations

elle est sage-femme comme sa mère et sa grand-mère

she's a midwife, like her mother and grandmother (before her)

midwives in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for midwives in the English»French Dictionary

midwife <-wives> N

midwife

sage-femme f

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she was delivered by the midwife

c'est la sage-femme qui l'a accouchée

Translations for midwives in the French»English Dictionary

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sage-femme

midwife

c'est cette sage-femme qui l'a accouchée

this is the midwife who delivered her baby

midwives Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she was delivered by the midwife

c'est la sage-femme qui l'a accouchée

this is the midwife who delivered her baby

c'est cette sage-femme qui l'a accouchée

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Luckily, her midwives are very skilled and experienced in breech birth, so she felt comfortable proceeding with a home birth.

metro.co.uk

Childbearing was natural, and births were attended by midwives.

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Payments are routine to maternity hospitals, midwives, obstetricians and officials at each of the four agencies acknowledged.

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Three nurse managers, two clinical nurse specialists and three midwives were also taken on.

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Midwives are prepared to bridge the gap, offering care that focuses on women and extends beyond the delivery room.

thebrooklynink.com

The slavish adherence to guidance, combined with an increasing culture of defensiveness, risked turning midwives into "unthinking automatons," she warned.

www.telegraph.co.uk

In the other 23 states there are no licensing laws, and practicing midwives can be arrested for practicing medicine without a license.

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Over the course of the 18th century, male surgeons began to assume the role of midwives in gynaecology.

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Midwives in this society are similar to shamans, in that her calling is divine.

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The midwives knew that the sinew carried a much lower risk of infection than other materials available to them.

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