accoucher
French → English
verb//akuʃe//
(biology) To give birth: to deliver a baby; to go through labor
Elle doit accoucher à la fin du mois de novembre.
(English) She is due to give birth at the end of November.
La sage-femme a aidé la jeune femme à accoucher en douceur.
(English) The midwife helped the young woman give birth smoothly.
verb//akuʃe//
(figurative/informal) To produce: to finally complete a difficult task; to reveal something after hesitation
Allez, accouche ! Qu'est-ce que tu as à me dire ?
(English) Come on, out with it! (Spit it out!) What do you have to tell me?
Les ministres ont mis des heures pour accoucher d'un compromis.
(English) The ministers took hours to produce a compromise.
Entry ID: fr:en:accoucher · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary