cout

See also: coût

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Homophones: cou, coup, coups, cous

Noun

cout m (plural couts)

1. Alternative form of coût

Usage notes

• This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Related terms

• couter

Further reading

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

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kalt, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Adjective

cout

1. cold
2. coolheaded

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• calt

Descendants

• Dutch: koud
• Limburgish: kaad

Further reading

• “cout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cout (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I