midwifery

Other forms of midwifery

plural

midwiferies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about midwifery

What does midwifery mean?

midwifery means "the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in midwifery?

midwifery has 4 syllables: mid-wi-fe-ry. The stress falls on "mid". In IPA it is /ˈmɪˌdwaɪfɚi/.

What is another word for midwifery?

Close synonyms include obstetrics, OB, tocology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is midwifery a common word?

midwifery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.