couvade

Meaning of couvade

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.

Information about couvade

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of couvade is: couvades.
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Hyphenation of couvade

cou-vade

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • couvade is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with couvade

vade, bravade, pavade, evade, levade, preevade, invade, reinvade, muscovade, Forvade, interpervade, pervade

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