COUVADE

Meaning of COUVADE in English

noun see: covey Date: 1865 a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos

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COUVADE — küˈväd noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, cowardly inactivity, from couver, cover to sit on (as a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COUVADE — (n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to …
Английский словарь Webster
COUVADE — ( n. ) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUVADE — /kooh vahd"/ ; Fr. /kooh vannd"/ , n. a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUVADE — n. custom common among some peoples in which a father takes to his bed and acts out the birth experience …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COUVADE — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, cowardly inactivity, from cover to sit on, brood over — more at covey Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COUVADE — noun a custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to …
Webster English vocab
COUVADE — [ ku:'vα:d ] ■ noun the custom in some cultures in which a man takes to his bed and goes …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COUVADE — [cou.vade] n [F, fr. MF, cowardly inactivity, fr. cover to sit on, brood over--more at covey] (1865): a custom in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUVADE — (from French couver, to hatch), the custom of the father going to bed at the birth of his child and …
Britannica English vocabulary
COUVADE — couvade BrE AmE ( ˌ ) kuː ˈvɑːd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COUVADE — n. a custom by which a father appears to undergo labour and childbirth when his child is being born. [F …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COUVADE — n. a custom by which a father appears to undergo labour and childbirth when his child is being born. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COUVADE — n. a custom by which a father appears to undergo labour and childbirth when his child is being born. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
COUVADE — n. Pronunciation: kü- ' väd Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, cowardly inactivity, from cover to sit on, brood …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COVEY — /kuv"ee/ , n. , pl. coveys . 1. a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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