Couvade
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /kuːˈvɑːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Couvade is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
More Meanings
- Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.
Word Forms
- couvades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coath, cush-cush, cowl, cubation, couching, cuckolding.
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