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- [koo-vahd; French koo-vad]
- /kuˈvɑd; French kuˈvad/
- /kˈuːveɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koo-vahd; French koo-vad]
- /kuˈvɑd; French kuˈvad/
Definitions of couvade word
- noun couvade a custom in certain cultures of treating the husband of a woman giving birth as if he were bearing the child 3
- noun couvade a custom of some societies, as the Carib Indians, in which the father of a child just born engages in certain rites, such as resting in bed, as if he had borne the child 3
- noun couvade a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy. 1
- noun couvade The custom in some cultures in which a man takes to his bed and goes through certain rituals when his child is being born, as though he were physically affected by the birth. 1
- noun couvade A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman. 0
- noun couvade Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness. 0
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Origin of couvade
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
1860-65; < French (now obsolete), literally, a hatching, sitting on eggs, equivalent to couv(er) to hatch (< Latin cubāre to lie down) + -ade -ade1; cf. covey
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Parts of speech for Couvade
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couvade popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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