kous

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kous, from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kœus/
Audio (file)

Noun[edit]

kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie)

stocking, long sock

Derived terms[edit]

sykous

Descendants[edit]

→ Sotho: kausi
→ Xhosa: ikawusi

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kɑus/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: kous
Rhymes: -ɑus

Noun[edit]

kous f (plural kousen, diminutive kousje n)

stocking, long sock
(Belgium, Suriname) sock
Synonym: sok
mantle (incandescent covering of a heat source)
(Suriname) condom
Synonym: condoom
(obsolete, in the plural) trousers, pants

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Afrikaans: kous
- → Sotho: kausi
- → Xhosa: ikawusi
Berbice Creole Dutch: kausu
Negerhollands: koussen, kous
→ Lokono: kauso
→ Caribbean Javanese: kaos
→ Danish: kovs
→ German: Kausch
→ Gusilay: ekawaas, gakawaas (possibly via Wolof)
→ Indonesian: kaus
→ Mandinka: kàwáasí (possibly via Wolof)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: kause
→ Polish: kausza
→ Russian: коуш (kouš)
→ Sranan Tongo: kowsu
- → Aukan: kowsu
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kausu
- → Kari'na: kosu
- → Saramaccan: köúsa
→? Swedish: kaus (alternatively from Low German)
- → Finnish: kaussi
→ Wolof: kawas

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