cou

See also: COU, cóu, còu, cōu, cǒu, and co'u

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɔw]

Verb

cou

1. inflection of coure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

cou

Etymology

From Latin collum. Doublet of col. Cognate with Italian collo, Galician and Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Homophones: coud, couds, coup, coups, cous, coût, coûts

Noun

cou m (plural cous)

1. neck

   Il a un cou assez long. ― He has a rather long neck.

Derived terms

• collet
• collier
• être dans la merde jusqu’au cou
• prendre ses jambes à son cou
• se jeter au cou de quelqu’un
• tordre le cou

 

Further reading

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

K'iche'

Adjective

cou

1. (Classical K'iche') strong

Derived terms

• couil
• couirizah
• couiric
• couizah

Mandarin

Romanization

cou

1. Nonstandard spelling of cǒu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of còu.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kū, in turn from Proto-Germanic *kūz; this comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Cognates include Middle Dutch koe, Middle French bœuf, Sanskrit गो (go), and Persian گاو (gâv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

Noun

cou (plural kyne or kie)

1. A cow (female bovine)

Related terms

• couherde

Descendants

• English: cow (see there for further descendants)
• Geordie English: coo
• Scots: coo, coe, cou
• Yola: keow

References

• “cǒu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoː.u/

Verb

cou

1. (transitive) to serve

Conjugation

Conjugation of cou
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tocou	focou	micou
2nd	nocou	nicou
3rd	Masculine	ocou	icou, yocou†
Feminine	mocou
Neuter	icou
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh (as coou)

Xerénte

Noun

cou

1. Alternative form of kə (“water”)

References

• Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English coude, from Old English cūþe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

Verb

cou

1. could
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:

     Aar gentrize ware bibbern, aamzil cou no stoane.

     Their gentry were quaking, themselves could not stand.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cou¹
• Hyphenation: cou

Etymology 1

From Chinese 秋 (MC tshjuw).

Noun

cou (Sawndip form ⿱日召, 1957–1982 spelling cou)

1. autumn

Etymology 2

From Chinese 周 (MC tsyuw).

Classifier

cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

1. week

See also

• singhgiz
• lijbai

Etymology 3

From Chinese 抽 (MC trhjuw).

Verb

cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

1. to draw (lots)