midwife in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for midwife 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 midwife 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

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

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

midwife in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for midwife 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 midwife 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

midwife 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

The midwife took the crown and put in on her head.

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Due to these warnings, many women favored going into labor with a physician as opposed to a midwife.

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She was considered to have healing powers and acted as a midwife for a large section of local society.

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She started being a midwife after she herself had lost 24 children.

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Only later the toad was accounted as a midwife toad.

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After they were married she ceased working as a midwife and devoted herself to activism.

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She worked until 8:00 p.m. the night before giving birth and even managed to sell a kitchen to her midwife whilst in labour.

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Due to the uncertainty of their location at the time of birth, the woman was often unaware of who her midwife was until birth.

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While there she claimed to receive basic nursing training from a local midwife, but there is no record of her undertaking formal nursing training.

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It may also refer to professions that involve these functions: midwife and wet nurse.

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