couvade (English, noun)
expansion: couvade (countable and uncountable, plural couvades)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: couvades
tags: plural