coqueluche
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
coqueluche (plural coqueluches)
- (obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
French edit
Etymology edit
From earlier coqueluchon (“a kind of monk's cowl or hood”), from Italian coccolucio, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). Sufferers of the 1510 influenza pandemic would wear a hood resembling the coqueluchon. The spelling and/or "whooping cough" sense may have been influenced by coq (“rooster”), from the cough evoking a rooster's crow.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)
- (pathology) whooping cough
- (obsolete, pathology) influenza
- (figurative) craze, bug (something that "sweeps the nation")
- (figurative) idol, star, darling
- (obsolete) coqueluche hood
Derived terms edit
- vol coqueluche (“treatment method for treating whooping cough symptoms”)
Further reading edit
- “coqueluche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)
Synonyms edit
- (whelk): v'lique
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From French coqueluche, from Italian coccolucio, from Latin cucullus. First attested in 1840.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʃi
- Hyphenation: co‧que‧lu‧che
Noun edit
coqueluche f (plural coqueluches)
- (pathology) whooping cough (a contagious disease)
- Synonyms: pertússis, tosse convulsa
- (figurative, colloquial) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
- Synonym: febre
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Sérgio Rodrigues (2011 September 22) “A coqueluche surgiu com o sentido de ‘capuz’”, in Veja (in Portuguese), Brazil, retrieved 2023-05-18
- “coqueluche” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “coqueluche” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.