coqueluche

English

Etymology

French coqueluche

Noun

coqueluche (plural coqueluches)

1. (obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.klyʃ/

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Noun

coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)

1. (pathology) whooping cough
2. (figurative) craze, bug (something that "sweeps the nation")
3. (obsolete) coqueluche

Derived terms

• gloss (“treatment method for treating whooping cough symptoms”)

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)

1. (Jersey) whooping cough
2. (Jersey) whelk

Synonyms

• (whelk): v'lique

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Portuguese

Noun

coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)

1. (pathology) whooping cough (a contagious disease)

Synonyms

• pertússis, tosse convulsa