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🧑‍🦱 A surname 🤰 Childbirth method 🧑‍🏫 To teach childbirth
Lamaze

Lamaze

16 8.9
A family name used by people such as the Canadian rider Eric Lamaze
  • proper noun
  • /ləˈmɑːz/
translation icon : Lamaze
  • Social Services tried to get me to go to Lamaze classes.
  • Lamaze class
  • Lamaze breathing
  • Lamaze instructor

Examples

  • What are we doing in Lamaze class?

    Entourage (2015)

  • I've been to a Lamaze class.

    Nine Months (1995)

  • I went to all your Lamaze classes.

    Baby on Board (2009)

  • Well, I had the best Lamaze coach in the world.

    Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

  • It's our last Lamaze session.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Just stay focused, stay calm, and remember your Lamaze breathing.

    The Book of Henry (2017)

  • She'd had to have a cesarean section with Blake, despite all the weeks of Lamaze training.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Ironically, Mintz first met Thomas at a Lamaze class.

    The Family Man (2000)

  • During the last months of the pregnancy, I kept nagging my wife about the lack of a Lamaze refresher course.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Before my son Justin was born, I practiced Lamaze breathing techniques for months to prepare myself for labor.

Compounds

Lamaze method
5.5

A way to prepare for childbirth using breathing, relaxation, and focus techniques

Surface Forms

Lamaze main

Etymology

Lamaze is a family name from France and is used by people such as the Canadian horse rider Eric Lamaze. Because it is a surname, when you see Lamaze capitalized it usually means a person's name rather than the childbirth method.