midwifery

English

Alternative forms

• midwivery (now rare)

Etymology

From Middle English medewifry; equivalent to midwife +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪdˈwɪfəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪdˌwaɪfəɹi/

Noun

midwifery (countable and uncountable, plural midwiferies)

1. The practice and science of being a midwife.

Translations

the practice and science of being a midwife

• Arabic: قَبَالَة (qabāla)
• Armenian: մանկաբարձություն (hy) (mankabarjutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 產科學／产科学 (chǎnkēxué), 助產術／助产术 (zhùchǎnshù)

• Czech: porodnictví (cs) n
• Dutch: verloskunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: akuŝarto
• Finnish: kätilöys
• French: obstétrique (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Geburtshilfe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: μαιεία f (maieía)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: kebidanan (id)
• Irish: cnáimhseachas m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 産科学 (さんかがく, sankagaku)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 산과학 (ko) (san'gwahak)
• Malay: perbidanan
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: सुँडिनी गर्ने (sũḍinī garne), सुँडेनी गर्ने (sũḍenī garne)
• Polish: akuszeria (pl) f (dated), akuszerstwo (pl) n (dated), położnictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: partejamento m
• Romanian: moșit (ro) n
• Russian: акуше́рство (ru) n (akušérstvo), родовспоможе́ние (ru) n (rodovspomožénije)
• Spanish: partería f (rare)
• Swahili: ukunga (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: སྐྱེ་གཡོག་ལས་ཀ (skye g.yog las ka)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: sản khoa học
• Welsh: bydwreigiaeth f
• West Frisian: kreamkunde