coqueluche

English

Etymology

French coqueluche

Noun

coqueluche (plural coqueluches)

(obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.klyʃ/
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Noun

coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)

(pathology) whooping cough
(figuratively) craze, bug (something that "sweeps the nation")
(obsolete) coqueluche

Derived terms

gloss (“treatment method for treating whooping cough symptoms”)

Further reading

“coqueluche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Noun

coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)

(Jersey) whooping cough
(Jersey) whelk

Synonyms

(whelk): v'lique

Portuguese

Noun

coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)

(medicine) whooping cough (a contagious disease)

Synonyms

pertússis, tosse convulsa

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