couveuse

From French couveuse.

couveuse (plural couveuses)

1. An incubator for sickly infants, especially those born prematurely.

Borrowed from French couveuse.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkuˈvøː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: cou‧veu‧se
• Rhymes: -øːzə

couveuse f (plural couveuses, diminutive couveusetje n)

1. An incubator, especially for sick or preterm infants.

   Synonym: broedmachine

• couveuse on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From couver +‎ -euse.

• IPA^(key): /ku.vøz/

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couveuse f (plural couveuses)

1. a broody hen
2. (medicine) an incubator for sick or premature newborns; couveuse

• → Danish: kuvøse
• → Dutch: couveuse
• → English: couveuse
• → Swedish: kuvös
• → Turkish: küvöz

• “couveuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from French couveuse (“incubator”, literally “broody hen”).

couveuse (plural couveuse-couveuse)

1. (medicine) couveuse: an incubator for sickly infants, especially those born prematurely

   Synonym: inkubator

• “couveuse” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.