sản ông

Ông chồng nằm trên giường trong tục sản ông.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Couvade: A term from cultural anthropology and ethnology referring to a set of rituals or symbolic behaviors in some cultures where a father experiences simulated pregnancy symptoms or takes to bed around the time of his partner's childbirth.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tục sản ông là một hiện tượng văn hóa thú vị. (The couvade custom is an interesting cultural phenomenon.)
  • Các nhà nhân chủng học nghiên cứu tục lệ sản ông ở nhiều cộng đồng. (Anthropologists study the practice of couvade in many communities.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in an academic, anthropological, or ethnological context to describe this specific cross-cultural ritual.

Variants and Related Words

• Tục sản ông (n): The couvade custom; the full phrase commonly used to denote the practice.

Synonyms

• Couvade syndrome: A related modern, sometimes clinical term for when expectant fathers experience pregnancy-like symptoms.
• Sympathetic pregnancy: A more informal, non-anthropological term for similar behaviors or symptoms.