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obstetrician

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɒbstəˈtɹɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌɑbstəˈtɹɪʃən/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 B S T AH0 T R IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A physician who specializes in childbirth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obstetrist, tocologist

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a physician specializing in obstetrics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accoucheur

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist

Narrower terms: perinatologist

History

Etymology

From obstetrics + -ician.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մանկաբարձ (mankabarj) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Belarusian: акушэ́р (akušér) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Belarusian: акушэ́рка (akušérka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Bulgarian: акуше́р (akušér) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Bulgarian: акуше́рка (akušérka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產科醫生 /产科医生 (chǎnkē yīshēng) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Czech: porodník — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Czech: porodnice — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Danish: fødselshjælper — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Dutch: gynaecoloog — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Dutch: verloskundearts — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Dutch: obstetrisch gynaecoloog — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Dutch: obstetricus — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Finnish: synnytyslääkäri — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • French: obstétricien — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • French: obstétricienne — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • French: accoucheur — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • French: accoucheuse — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • French: gynécologue — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Georgian: მეანი (meani) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • German: Geburtshelfer — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • German: Geburtshelferin — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • German: Entbindungspfleger — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • German: Entbindungspflegerin — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Greek: μαιευτήρας (maieftíras) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Hungarian: szülész — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Irish: cnáimhseoir — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Irish: obstatraí — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Italian: ostetrico — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Japanese: 産科医 (sankai) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Kazakh: акушер (akuşer) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Korean: 산과의 (san'gwaui) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Kyrgyz: акушер (akuşer) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Kyrgyz: акушерка (akuşerka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Macedonian: акуше́р (akušér) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Macedonian: акуше́рка (akušérka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Māori: mātanga hapūtanga — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fødselshjelper — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fødselshjelpar — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Iranian Persian: دُکْتُرِ زایِمان (doktor-e zâyemân) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Iranian Persian: پِزِشْکِ زایِمان (pezešk-e zâyemân) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Polish: położnik — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Polish: położna — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Polish: akuszer — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Polish: akuszerka — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Portuguese: obstetra — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Romanian: obstetrician — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Romanian: obstetriciană — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Russian: акуше́р (akušér) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Russian: акуше́рка (akušérka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Russian: гинеко́лог (ginekólog) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Serbo-Croatian: аку̀ше̄р — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Serbo-Croatian: аку̀ше̄рка — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Serbo-Croatian: akùšēr — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Serbo-Croatian: akùšērka — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Slovak: pôrodník — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Slovak: pôrodníčka — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Slovene: porodničar — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Slovene: porodničarka — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Spanish: tocólogo — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Spanish: tocóloga — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Spanish: obstetra — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Swahili: daktari wa uzazi — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Swedish: obstetriker — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Swedish: ackuschör — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Tajik: акушер (akušer) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Telugu: ప్రసూతివైద్యుడు (prasūtivaidyuḍu) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Thai: สูติแพทย์ — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Turkish: doğumcu — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Turkish: doğum uzmanı — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Turkmen: akuşer — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Turkmen: akuşerka — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Ukrainian: акуше́р (akušér) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Ukrainian: акуше́рка (akušérka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Uyghur: ئاكۇشېر (akushër) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Uyghur: ئاكۇشېركا (akushërka) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Uzbek: akusher — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Uzbek: akusherka — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Yiddish: אָבסטעטריקער (obstetriker) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
  • Yiddish: אָבסטעטריקערין (obstetrikerin) — a physician who specializes in childbirth
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