cohorte

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cohors, cohortem. Doublet of cour (“courtyard”), which was inherited, and court.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ɔʁt/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁt

Noun

cohorte f (plural cohortes)

1. cohort
2. (Ancient Rome, military) cohort, a division of the Roman legion

   Coordinate terms: centurie, manipule, légion

3. (statistics, demography) age group, age bracket

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

cohorte

1. ablative singular of cohors

Portuguese

Noun

cohorte f (plural cohortes)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of coorte

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cohortem. Doublet of the inherited corte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈoɾte/ [koˈoɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: co‧hor‧te

Noun

cohorte f (plural cohortes)

1. cohort

Further reading

• “cohorte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025