homebirth

English

Etymology

From home +‎ birth.

Noun

homebirth (countable and uncountable, plural homebirths)

1. Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.

Synonyms

• home delivery

Translations

childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital

• French: accouchement à domicile m, accouchement assisté à domicile f
• Galician: parto na casa m
• German: Hausgeburt (de) f
• Portuguese: parto domiciliar m, parto em casa m
• Spanish: parto en casa m

Verb

homebirth (third-person singular simple present homebirths, present participle homebirthing, simple past and past participle homebirthed)

1. To give birth at home.

Translations

to give birth at home

• Galician: parir na casa
• Spanish: parir en casa