Grembo, womb, en Francais?

As it was 15 August it was L’Assomption en France. And so a trip to Mass at a new eglise – the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

In the last few years I have normally spent 15 August in Sicily – Ferragosto – and so have learnt that the word for womb in Italian is grembo.

That’s because in the Gospel today we have the line:

Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

So I was excited to add the French word for womb to my vocabulary. But, then, this:

En elle? That’s it? There is a French word for womb – l’uterus. But clearly not how the Gospel is translated into French.