名詞 couvade:

1. a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child

cou.vade

n.（名詞）
A practice in certain non-Western cultures in which the husband of a woman in labor takes to his bed as though he were bearing the child.
擬娩，假分娩：一些非西方文化中的習(xí)俗，丈夫在其妻子分娩時臥床，好象他也在分娩

來源：
French
法語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from couver [to incubate, hatch]
源自 couver [卵，孵出]
from Latin cub3re [to lie down on]
源自 拉丁語 cub3re [躺在…上]