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English
Etymology
From French couvade (“brooding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːˈvɑːd/, /kuːˈvæd/
Noun
couvade (countable and uncountable, plural couvades)
- 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.
- Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
couvade f (plural couvades)
- couvade (Basque tradition)
- couvade (sympathetic pregnancy)
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