cou

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

Catalan

Verb

cou

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin collum. Doublet of col.

• Cognate with Italian collo, Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/

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

Noun

cou m (plural cous)

1. neck

Derived terms

• collet
• collier

Further reading

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

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K'iche'

Adjective

cou

1. (Classical K'iche') strong

Derived terms

• couil
• couirizah
• couiric
• couizah

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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.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• kow, cow, cu, ku, kowe, cowe

Etymology

From Old English cū, in turn from Proto-Germanic *kūz; this comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates include Middle Dutch koe, Middle French bœuf and Persian گاو (gâv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

Noun

cou (plural kyne or kie)

1. A cow (female bovine)

Descendants

• English: cow
  • Sranan Tongo: kaw
  • Tok Pisin: kau
  • → Abenaki: kaoz (from cows)
  • → Maori: kau
• Scots: coo, coe, cou

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Xerénte

Noun

cou

1. Alternative form of kə (“water”)

References

• Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Chinese 秋 (qiū).

Noun

cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

1. autumn

Etymology 2

From Chinese 週／周 (zhōu).

Classifier

cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

1. week

See also

• singhgiz
• lijbai

Etymology 3

From Chinese 抽 (chōu).

Verb

cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

1. to draw (lots)