toux

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussem, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tu/
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Homophones: tous, tout

Noun

toux f (plural toux)

cough

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Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.

Noun

toux f (plural toux)

(Jersey) cough

Related terms

toûtre (“to cough”, verb)

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